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

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

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

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

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