paymaster

[pey-mas-ter, -mah-ster] /ˈpeɪˌmæs tər, -ˌmɑ stər/
noun
1.
a person authorized by a company, government, etc., to pay out wages or salaries, especially in the military.
Origin
1540-50; pay1 + master
Related forms
paymastership, noun
Examples from the web for paymaster
  • The four remaining players compete for the final paymaster position in the scariest challenge yet.
  • The film business is a notoriously fickle paymaster.
  • However awkward it is to have squabbling interest groups, a single, biased paymaster is worse.
  • If your paymaster is at risk you will argue for an increase in its funding.
  • Treat amounts paid by a common paymaster for services performed for your organization as paid directly by your organization.
  • Adds a definition for common paymaster and provides that the common paymaster is not the employer.
  • Each paymaster was responsible for the detachments for various units.
British Dictionary definitions for paymaster

paymaster

/ˈpeɪˌmɑːstə/
noun
1.
an official of a government, business, etc, responsible for the payment of wages and salaries