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paymaster
CIDE DICTIONARY
paymaster, n.
One who pays; one who compensates, rewards, or requites; specifically, an officer or agent of a government, a corporation, or an employer, whose duty it is to pay salaries, wages, etc., and keep account of the same. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
paymaster, n.
1 an official who pays troops, workmen, etc.
2 a person, organization, etc., to whom another owes duty or loyalty because of payment given.
3 (in full Paymaster General) Brit. the minister at the head of the Treasury department responsible for payments.
1 an official who pays troops, workmen, etc.
2 a person, organization, etc., to whom another owes duty or loyalty because of payment given.
3 (in full Paymaster General) Brit. the minister at the head of the Treasury department responsible for payments.
THESAURUS
paymaster
accountant, auditor, bookkeeper, bursar, cashier, cashkeeper, chamberlain, compensator, comptroller, controller, curator, defrayer, depositary, depository, financial officer, liquidator, payer, purse bearer, purser, ratepayer, receiver, recompenser, remunerator, steward, taxpayer, treasurer, trusteeROGET THESAURUS
paymaster
Treasurer
N treasurer, bursar, bursary, purser, purse bearer, cash keeper, banker, depositary, questor, receiver, steward, trustee, accountant, Accountant General, almoner, liquidator, paymaster, cashier, teller, cambist, money changer, financier, Secretary of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, minister of finance.For further exploring for "paymaster" in Webster Dictionary Online
