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.

Recent Examples on the Web

My dad was an accounting professor at the University of Rhode Island before the war and served on the Saratoga as paymaster for the fleet. —Katherine Gregg, The Providence Journal, 4 May 2026

The young second lieutenant became a paymaster/finance officer. —Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 15 Jan. 2026

This felt a long way of her saying that her paymasters are not about to inhale ITV. —Jake Kanter, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025

How the former Norwich City manager has handled the exposure, criticism, blips, fans’ demands, wantaway players and being the biggest fish in the Championship pond has been praised by his paymasters. —Beren Cross, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1537, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for paymaster

• bandmaster
• broadcaster
• cadastre
• disaster
• forecaster
• grandmaster
• headmaster
• newscaster
• pilaster
• postmaster
• roadmaster
• schoolmaster

Kids Definition

paymaster

noun

pay·​mas·​ter -ˌmas-tər 

: an officer or agent of an employer whose duty it is to pay salaries or wages