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paymaster

[pey-mas-ter, -mah-ster] / ˈpeɪˌmæs tər, -ˌmɑ stər /
NOUN
bursar
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Young voters who were previously unaware that L.A. even had a controller were galvanized by Mejia’s unorthodox campaign, which directed an unprecedented spotlight toward L.A.’s chief accounting officer, auditor and paymaster.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2025

As for Cohen’s and others’ actions to implement the scheme, Trump Organization paymaster Deborah Tarasoff testified that the defendant or his sons had to approve any check for more than $10,000.

From Salon • May 24, 2024

Olaf Scholz, the leader of the EU's paymaster Germany, concluded the negotiations were only starting in earnest: "We are still at the beginning, the positions ... are not matching yet."

From Reuters • Oct. 26, 2023

Leader of the House of Commons, Penny Mordaunt, has already given evidence to the inquiry this week - she was formally the minister responsible as paymaster general between February 2020 and September 2021.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2023

The cadaverous Volantene, Gorys Eidoryen, had replaced Strickland as paymaster.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin