Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One that pays: a prompt payer of bills.
- n. One named responsible for paying a bill or note.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who pays; specifically, the person named in a bill or note who has to pay the holder. Also payor.
Wiktionary
- n. One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a person who pays money for something
Etymologies
- pay + -er (“subject of action”) (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Some of those 51% include people like myself, who believe the plan represents a giant, limp-wristed copout ... and who, after years of study of the health care industry and the laws surrounding it, know for a fact that single-payer is the only TRUE solution.”
“Single payer is the way, these health insurance companies are worse than unions and people born in the south. db”
“A government single payer is the only option that will work.”
“But on second glance, one realizes that, insulated from competition, the single payer is also insulated from any consequences of failing to cut costs.”
Becker on Health Insurance, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“Single-payer is just taking the idea to the extreme ... if everyone is in the group then everyone can have the same premium and no one will get priced out.”
The Crux of Health Care Reform, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“In truth, single-payer is the ONLY solution to this country's health care coverage problem ... at least American citizens would get something besides bombs, dead bodies, and war for their tax dollars.”
In health care reform debate, Obama puts focus on affordability
“I think Obama knows that single-payer is the way to go ultimately, but he also knows that your lobbyists, Big Pharma, Big Insurance and a good portion of the citizens who it would benefit simply will not have it or are too stubborn to see that it would be the answer.”
“Single payer is the only way to truly reduce cost.”
“Also the tax payer is already paying for the uninsured in bankruptcies, unpaid medical services which trickles down to one form or another.”
White House launches counteroffensive over Drudge Report link
“Single payer is the only system that will truly reduce cost.”
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