If, for example, a borough proposes to construct and work a tramway, an omnibus company has a right to be heard in opposition, but a rate-payer who believes that the plan will be financially disastrous has not.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
The smaller, but far better preserved, temple at payer is probably of much later date.
"The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir"
Sir James McCrone Douie
What I am thinking of is the city tax-payer.
"Under the Skylights"
Henry Blake Fuller