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- noun Plural form of
ratepayer .
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Examples
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Top officials from the Department of Co-operative Governance and dissenting ratepayers from the National Taxpayers 'Union (NTU) - who are boycotting rate payments in about 40 municipalities across the country - are expected to meet today to thrash out their differences.
IOL: News 2010
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For instance, it would be quite inequitable and absurd that the City should assess a sewerage system three or four years prior to the time the ratepayers were allowed to drain into it.
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The public school has not infrequently Roman Catholics as members of its school boards, and Roman Catholics as teachers even in districts where the ratepayers are almost wholly Protestants.
North-West Autonomy 1905
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Perhaps the taxpayers (aka ratepayers) who supplied the funds to build Zion in the first place should reclaim their property and hire a company like NRG to handle the refurbishment and plant operation.
Atomic Insights Blog 2009
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Mayor Reg Kidd was one of many councillors who vocally opposed the idea of ratepayers taking care of councillors 'bills.
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"There is no apparent benefit to New York ratepayers, which is important.
New York Regulators Reject Entergy Spinoff Mark Peters 2010
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"There is no apparent benefit to New York ratepayers, which is important.
New York Regulators Reject Entergy Spinoff Mark Peters 2010
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"There is no apparent benefit to New York ratepayers, which is important.
New York Regulators Reject Entergy Spinoff Mark Peters 2010
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Financing for the new solar projects would come from electricity ratepayers, meaning that power bills might rise slightly at first, Keough said.
EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Enterprise: Kyle Alsp 2009
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What the industry wants is to be able to phase this in over a longer period of time so as not to pound the ratepayers (you and me) and/or the stockholders.
Think Progress » Duke’s Jim Rogers leaves Chamber of Commerce board after climate fight. 2010
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