paymaster
/ˈpeɪmɑːstə(r)/noun
उच्चारण पेमास्टर
वेतन-अधिकारी, वेतनदाता
Core word
noun
- 1
[C]
an official who pays the wages of workers or soldiers
वेतन-अधिकारी, वेतनदाता
- The paymaster distributed salaries to the troops at the end of the month.
- The company's paymaster handed out the salary envelopes on the first of every month.
- The regiment's paymaster kept careful accounts of every rupee.
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- The paymaster counted out the wages for the labourers each Saturday.
- He worked as a paymaster on the railways for thirty years.
- 2
[C, usually pl.] disapproving
a person or group that pays and therefore controls another person or organisation
(पैसा देकर) नियंत्रण करने वाला, आका
- The terrorists were acting on the orders of their paymasters abroad.
- Journalists who obey their paymasters lose the trust of the public.
- The minister was accused of listening only to his paymasters in the industry.
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- The band refused to play for their paymasters' political rally.
- Critics say the newspaper never criticises its paymasters.