Paymaster

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Paymaster \Pay"mas`ter\, n.
     One who pays; one who compensates, rewards, or requites;
     specifically, an officer or agent of a government, a
     corporation, or an employer, whose duty it is to pay
     salaries, wages, etc., and keep account of the same.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Purser \Purs"er\, n. [See {Purse}, and cf. {Bursar}.]
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     1. (Naut.) A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge
        of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on
        shipboard; -- now called {paymaster}.
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     2. A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it is to
        keep the accounts of the vessels, such as the receipt of
        freight, tickets, etc.
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     3. Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier.
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     {Purser's name} (Naut.), a false name. [Slang]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  paymaster
       n : a person in charge of paying wages

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "paymaster":
     accountant, auditor, bookkeeper, bursar, cashier, cashkeeper,
     chamberlain, compensator, comptroller, controller, curator,
     defrayer, depositary, depository, financial officer, liquidator,
     payer, purse bearer, purser, ratepayer, receiver, recompenser,
     remunerator, steward, taxpayer, treasurer, trustee