A ratepayer is a person or a business who pays rates: the local tax on property that pays for streets, rubbish collection, lights, and other council services. The word belongs to British, Irish, Australian, New Zealand, and some other Commonwealth English.

A ratepayer is a person or a business是a person（一個人）or a business（企業） who pays rates繳rates的：the local tax on property地方上針對property（房地產）課的local tax（稅） that pays for streets, rubbish collection, lights, and other council services用來支付streets（道路）、rubbish collection（垃圾清運）、lights（路燈），和其他council services（市政服務）。The word belongs to British, Irish, Australian, New Zealand, and some other Commonwealth English這個詞屬於英國、愛爾蘭、澳洲、紐西蘭，和其他一些大英國協的英文用法。

In the UK people now more often say council tax, but newspapers still use ratepayer for “the people who fund the town.” It is a slightly formal, civic word, not street slang.

In the UK在英國，people now more often say council tax人們現在比較常說council tax，but newspapers still use ratepayer for “the people who fund the town.”但報紙還是會用ratepayer來指「出錢養這個城鎮的人」。It is a slightly formal, civic word它是一個稍微正式、跟公民生活有關的詞，not street slang不是街頭俚語。

It does not mean someone who pays a rate of interest, and it does not mean someone who rates (judges) a film. In Taiwan the nearest idea is a person who pays 房屋稅 or 地價稅, but we do not call that “rates.”

It does not mean someone who pays a rate of interest它不是指繳利率的人，and it does not mean someone who rates (judges) a film也不是指去評分電影的人。In Taiwan在台灣，the nearest idea最接近的概念 is a person who pays 房屋稅 or 地價稅是繳房屋稅或地價稅的人，but we do not call that “rates.”但我們不會把那個叫做「rates」。