"paymaster" meaning in English

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Paymaster-General"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pay",
        "3": "master"
      },
      "expansion": "pay + master",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "pay + master",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "paymasters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "paymaster (plural paymasters)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An official in charge of payments to employees, troops, etc."
      ],
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    },
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 November 16, Mel Holley, “Network News: Rail strikes halted to allow for \"intensive negotiations\"”, in RAIL, number 970, page 9",
          "text": "This would have been completely avoidable if the RDG and their paymasters at the DfT, and Transport Secretary Mark Harper, had invited us to talks sooner.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person or body which demands loyalty or services in return for payment (especially as paid in advance)."
      ],
      "id": "en-paymaster-en-noun-zUOp-FaQ"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpeɪmɑːstə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "paymaster"
}

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    "English 3-syllable words",
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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Paymaster-General"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pay",
        "3": "master"
      },
      "expansion": "pay + master",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "pay + master",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "paymasters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "paymaster (plural paymasters)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An official in charge of payments to employees, troops, etc."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 November 16, Mel Holley, “Network News: Rail strikes halted to allow for \"intensive negotiations\"”, in RAIL, number 970, page 9",
          "text": "This would have been completely avoidable if the RDG and their paymasters at the DfT, and Transport Secretary Mark Harper, had invited us to talks sooner.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person or body which demands loyalty or services in return for payment (especially as paid in advance)."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpeɪmɑːstə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "paymaster"
}