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taxer

taxer

1 7.9
A government official who collects money people or businesses must pay
  • noun
  • /ˈtæksər/
translation icon : recaudador de impuestos
  • As a taxer, she was responsible for ensuring that everyone paid their fair share of taxes.
  • taxers and spenders
  • big taxer
  • high taxer

Examples

  • I used to wonder why the masses went for the paper shufflers, the data centers, the counters, and taxers.

    Blog text (24)
  • The taxer visited businesses to assess their earnings and determine the appropriate tax rate.

  • If the taxers have their way, we'll be like the people of France, as poor as snakes.

    Blog text (15)
  • Fire the taxers and let us keep most of what we earn, minus maybe 10% for constitutional government services.

    Blog text (4)
  • Taxation forces a confrontation or an accommodation between the taxer and the taxed, making the act of taxation an important accountability mechanism.

    Academic text (1992)
  • On one side, you have a moderate liberal sheepishly offering some piecemeal reform ideas; on the other, you have a flat earther, flat taxer, birther, or something.

    Blog text (10)
  • Success in imposing an optimal tariff requires that monopoly sellers are convinced of the determination of the taxers and thus lower prices instead of trying to force a retreat from taxing.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The new law made it easier for the taxer to enforce compliance among residents.

Synonyms

collector
vstaxer
60 2.8

A person whose job is to get money that others owe

has authority to impose taxes rather than merely collecting payments
tax collector
vstaxer
13 3.6

A person who takes money from people to pay taxes to the government

is the official who levies or imposes taxes rather than only collecting payments
taxman
vstaxer
4 3.1

A government worker who collects taxes from people and businesses

is someone who levies taxes, not only a payment collector
gatherer
vstaxer
2 5.8

A person who collects money people owe, like rent or taxes

holds power to impose taxes rather than just collecting money
revenuer
vstaxer
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A government official who collects taxes and stops people making illegal alcohol

primarily levies taxes rather than focusing on criminal enforcement
taxwoman
vstaxer
7.1

A woman who works for the government and collects money people have to pay

is a person who levies taxes rather than merely taking payments
7.1

A government official who gathers national taxes on income from people and businesses

is the authority that levies taxes rather than just receiving payments
internal revenue agent
vstaxer
  • Formal
6.5

A government worker who collects taxes from people and businesses

acts with power to impose taxes rather than only to collect them
exciseman
vstaxer
  • Archaic
9.9

A government worker who collects taxes on goods like alcohol

levies taxes broadly, not limited to specific taxed goods

Surface Forms

taxer singular
taxers plural

Morphology

taxer = tax (transparent) = tax + er

The word is a regular agent noun formed from the verb 'tax' plus '-er', so its meaning is directly recoverable.

Etymology

Taxer comes from the word tax, which comes from an old Latin word taxare meaning 'to assess' or 'to fix a price'. So a taxer is the person who decides or collects how much people must pay to the government.