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contribuable

taxpayer

noun kohn-tree-bwah-AHBL Rare

Usage Note

Contribuable is gender-neutral in form but takes grammatical agreement: une contribuable honnête. It appears frequently in political and fiscal discourse (les contribuables français). The root is contribuer (to contribute); the related noun is la contribution (tax, contribution).

Examples

"Les contribuables financeront ce nouveau projet."

Natural Translation

Taxpayers will fund this new project.

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