paymaster

[ pey-mas-ter, -mah-ster ]

/ ˈpeɪˌmæs tər, -ˌmɑ stər /

a person authorized by a company, government, etc., to pay out wages or salaries, especially in the military.

Origin of paymaster

First recorded in 1540–50; pay¹ + master

pay·mas·ter·ship, noun

Richard Mellon Scaife—paymaster of the ‘vast right-wing conspiracy’—died July 4.

Scaife v. Clinton and the Dangers of Demonization |John Avlon |July 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He has only to go to the paymaster and draw pretty much all he pleases.

The U-boat hunters |James B. Connolly
Mr. Vernon was paymaster, and always contrived to have bright new coins on hand with which to pay his laborers.

Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp |Lillian Elizabeth Roy
Sherley the elder was paymaster to the forces in the Low Countries, and his accounts were deficient.

William Shakespere, of Stratford-on-Avon |Scott Surtees

He superintended the erection of all buildings, had charge of the water supply, and he was the paymaster.

Last of the Great Scouts |Helen Cody Wetmore
Tell the paymaster to give each man in advance a month's pay, that they may have money to pay what they need.

The Lion of the North |G.A. Henty

paymaster

/ (ˈpeɪˌmɑːstə) /

an official of a government, business, etc, responsible for the payment of wages and salaries