paymaster

n 1 official who pays troops, workers, etc 负责发薪饷的军需官; 工薪出纳员. 2 (usu pl 通常作复数) (derog 贬) person who pays another person or group to do sth for him and who therefore controls his/their actions 雇用并操纵他人的人: The paymasters of these petty crooks are the big crime syndicates. 操纵这帮小流氓的就是那个大犯罪集团. ,Paymaster `General (Brit) minister in charge of the department of the Treasury through which payments are made （财政部）主计长.

pay phone (US `pay station), pay respect to, pay sth in; pay sth into sth, pay sth out, pay the price, pay up, pay-as-you-earn, pay-bed, pay-claim, pay-day, pay-off, pay-packet, pay-slip, pay...down, payable, PAYE, payee, payer, paying guest, payload, payment, payoff, payola, payroll, PC, pd, Pde, PDSA, PDT, PE, pea, pea soup, pea-green, pea-shooter, pea-souper, peace, Peace Corps, peace offering, peace-loving, peace-pipe,