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paymaster

paymaster

3 7.0
A person who gives money to workers or soldiers for their work
  • noun
  • /ˈpeɪˌmæs.tɚ/
translation icon : pagador
  • The paymaster's office is right here.

Examples

  • My paymaster, when I flew missions into Cuba, is somewhere in Miami.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Tell the paymaster to have my check ready.

    Paradise City (2022)

  • Go to the paymaster and draw your time.

    How the West Was Won (1962)

  • Draw what money you need from the paymaster.

    Virginia City (1940)

  • For Rusk, the department's top manager was no more than a paymaster.

    Academic text (1991)

  • There's your paymaster.

    The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

  • Maj. Richard Lambert, Cuyler's paymaster, handled and combined this paperwork for all of Macon.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Please visit the paymaster to collect your salary for this month.

  • As the paymaster for the team, she ensured everyone received their wages on time.

  • The soldiers waited in line to get paid by the paymaster after a long deployment.

Synonyms

payer
vspaymaster
67 2.1

A person or company that gives money to get goods and services

focuses on paying wages rather than purchases or exchanges
payor
vspaymaster
  • Specialized
1 7.0

A person or organization that gives money to settle a bill

focuses on paying regular wages rather than any owed amount
remunerator
vspaymaster
  • Formal
8.2

A person who pays money to someone for work or loss

is specific to paying regular wages to employees or troops

How Senior

treasurer
52 5.0
paymaster
3 7.0
bank clerk
3 2.1

Surface Forms

paymaster singular
paymasters plural

Morphology

paymaster = pay + master (transparent) = pay + master

The compound is directly interpretable as 'pay' + 'master' = a person whose role is to pay, a straightforward agentive compound.

Etymology

Paymaster is made of pay ('to give money') and master ('the person in charge'). It originally named the official who handed out wages to soldiers or workers, which is why it now means the person responsible for paying wages.