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PAYER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who pays money for something

Synonyms:

payer; remunerator

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("payer" is a kind of...):

money dealer; money handler (a person who receives or invests or pays out money)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "payer"):

drawee (the person (or bank) who is expected to pay a check or draft when it is presented for payment)

paymaster (a person in charge of paying wages)

taxpayer (someone who pays taxes)

renter; tenant (someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else)

tither (someone who pays tithes)

Derivation:

pay (bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action)

pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)

pay (discharge or settle)

pay (do or give something to somebody in return)

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