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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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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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
Brydges was a paymaster.
—Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 22 Feb. 2022
Behind it all is a powerful paymaster and his criminal gang.
—Clare Egan, Longreads, 18 Mar. 2022
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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
Brydges was a paymaster.
—Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 22 Feb. 2022
Behind it all is a powerful paymaster and his criminal gang.
—Clare Egan, Longreads, 18 Mar. 2022
See all Example Sentences for paymaster
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“Paymaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paymaster. Accessed 26 Jul. 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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