paymaster
noun
pay·mas·ter
ˈpā-ˌma-stər 
: an officer or agent whose duty it is to pay salaries or wages
Examples of paymaster in a Sentence
She worked as the company's paymaster for 22 years.
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For all the drawbacks of the desert, Deadline can reveal that Desert Warrior’s delay has been caused by post-production issues, not least wrangling over the movie’s tone, pacing, and length between Wyatt and his paymasters.
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
The paymaster and armorer of Hezbollah and Hamas is Iran, the world’s No. 1 sponsor of terrorism.
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In a surprise defeat, a member of Labour’s shadow cabinet, paymaster general Jonathan Ashworth, lost to an independent candidate in Leicester South, where a third of the population is Muslim.
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But the gangs would multiply with support from political paymasters who wielded them as tools of oppression.
—Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2023
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
The paymaster and armorer of Hezbollah and Hamas is Iran, the world’s No. 1 sponsor of terrorism.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024
In a surprise defeat, a member of Labour’s shadow cabinet, paymaster general Jonathan Ashworth, lost to an independent candidate in Leicester South, where a third of the population is Muslim.
—NBC News, 5 July 2024
But the gangs would multiply with support from political paymasters who wielded them as tools of oppression.
—Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2023
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“Paymaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paymaster. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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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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