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taxer

taxer

1 7.9
A government official who collects money people or businesses must pay
  • noun
  • /ˈtæksər/
: 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
55 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
15 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
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
gatherer
vstaxer
1 5.8

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

holds power to impose taxes rather than just collecting money
internal revenue agent
vstaxer
  • Formal
1 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
1 9.9

A government worker who collects taxes on goods like alcohol

levies taxes broadly, not limited to specific taxed goods
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

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.