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payer¹

  • /ˈpeɪ.ɚ/ US

Rhymes with -eɪə(ɹ)

noun payers · payor

  1. One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid. The company is the largest tax payer in the region.
  2. A swaption which gives its holder the option to enter into a swap in which they pay the fixed leg and receive the floating leg.

Opposite: payee

Payer²

proper noun Payers

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: remunerator, payor, taxpayer, funder, debtor, pay, payment, paymaster, employer, payee, licensor, paying, provider, obligor, donor, sender

noun

Opposite: payee

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noun one who pays

Españolpagador, pagadora
한국어지불인 jiburin
日本語支払人 shiharainin
中文支付者 zhīfùzhě, 付款人 fùkuǎnrén
हिन्दीदाता dātā, भुगतानकर्ता bhugtānkartā
Portuguêspagante, pagador
Françaispayeur, payeuse
DeutschZahler, Zahlerin
Italianopagatore, pagatrice
Ελληνικάπληρωτής plirotís
Românăplătitor, plătitoare
Русскийплате́льщик platélʹščik, плате́льщица platélʹščica
Tiếng Việtngười trả tiền
العربيةدَافِع dāfiʕ

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@misc{payer_2026,
  title = {payer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/payer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}