(chiefly, North America) Someone who pays for a public utility or service.
The government is supposed to mediate between ratepayers and the power company.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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