a person or organization having control over someone because of payment given (因发放薪响而控制某人的)出纳员;资金提供机构 inventing what they think their new-found paymasters want to hear. 发明他们认为新发现的资金提供者感兴趣的东西。
an official who pays troops or workers 军需官;会计长 ■(全称 Paymaster General)(Brit.)the minister at the head of the Treasury department responsible for payments (英)(财政部的)主计长