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# payer

noun (payer, payers)

«payer» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A payer is the person or group who pays money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/payer/#m1)
2. A taxpayer is a person who pays taxes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/payer/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths: the one who gives the money in a buying or bill story; rare; splitting a bill among payers. In everyday life: who pays a bill; «taxpayers». In stories: the payer and the person who is paid.

### Examples

- Each payer gives 5 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/payer/#x1)
- The bill is split among 4 payers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/payer/#x2)
- The payer gets change of 3 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/payer/#x3)
- The payer must sign the cheque. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/payer/#x4)
- Taxpayers pay for schools and roads. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/payer/#x5)
- The person who receives the money is the payee, not the payer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/payer/#x6)

### Note

Points to who loses money. Splitting a bill among payers = divide. No other operation clue. Trap: payer (who pays) and payee (who is paid) look alike. A payer is a person, so payers are counted like people.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «payer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/payer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«payer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/payer.html) on Mova free.