paymaster
noun
pay·mas·ter
ˈpā-ˌma-stər 
: an officer or agent whose duty it is to pay salaries or wages
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She worked as the company's paymaster for 22 years.
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The association was started by Maj. Richard Robert Wright Sr., a former U.S. Army paymaster, educator, politician, civil rights advocate and founder of the Citizens and Southern Bank – the bank that had offered May that $500 loan.
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Reneé S. Anderson, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2025
Conan O’Brien impressed his Academy and Disney paymasters so much with his Oscars hosting performance this year that he has been officially asked to return.
—Peter White, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025
There is no consensus on the government side, and some agencies charged with cyber defense are more closely aligned with big tech than their paymasters.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
John Diefenbaker, who was Prime Minister in the fifties and sixties, was of the same largely western Canada kind that emphasizes a suspicion of the Ottawa élite and their Toronto (and Montreal) paymasters.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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Reneé S. Anderson, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2025
Conan O’Brien impressed his Academy and Disney paymasters so much with his Oscars hosting performance this year that he has been officially asked to return.
—Peter White, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025
There is no consensus on the government side, and some agencies charged with cyber defense are more closely aligned with big tech than their paymasters.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
John Diefenbaker, who was Prime Minister in the fifties and sixties, was of the same largely western Canada kind that emphasizes a suspicion of the Ottawa élite and their Toronto (and Montreal) paymasters.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Paymaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paymaster. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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paymaster
noun
pay·mas·ter
-ˌmas-tər
: an officer or agent of an employer whose duty it is to pay salaries or wages
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