paymaster

paymaster
noun
  1. 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。
  2. 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
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