payer
nounUS /ˈpeɪ.ɚ/
Etymology From pay + -er (“subject of action”).
1
One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid.
- The company is the largest tax payer in the region.
- Health insurance depends on both the payer and the provider.
- Antonyms
- payee
- Derived terms
- billpayer, copayer, farepayer, feepayer, multipayer, nonpayer, prepayer, ratepayer, single-payer, taxpayer, tithepayer, tithe-payer