taxer
taxer Lexical Profile
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• noun
A person, government official, or authority that levies, assesses, or imposes taxes.
"The municipal government acted as a heavy taxer of commercial properties to fund the new transit system."
British Formerly, each of two officers chosen annually at the University of Cambridge to regulate the rents of student hostels and inspect the weights and measures used by local merchants.
"In medieval Cambridge, the university taxers worked alongside town authorities to ensure students were not overcharged for bread or lodging."
• Rhymes for taxer
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English taxere, borrowed from Anglo-Norman taxour and Old French taxeur, or formed directly in English from the verb tax and the agentive suffix -er. Historically at the University of Cambridge, the title referred to two annual officers appointed to regulate the rents of student lodgings and the weights and measures of provisions.