paymaster
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A paymaster is a person or organization that pays and therefore controls another person or organization. 幕後老板[oft with poss]
...the ruling party's paymasters in business and banking. ...執政黨的商業及銀行業後台老板。
2. N-COUNT A paymaster is an official in the armed forces who is responsible for the payment of wages and salaries. (軍隊中發薪的)出納[軍事]
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paymaster /ˈpeɪˌmɑːstə/ (paymasters)
剑桥词典
- a person or an organization that pays for something to happen and therefore has or expects to have some control over it
（利用金錢進行操控的）操縱者，後台老板
The government accused the opposition parties of being controlled by trade union paymasters. 政府指控反對黨受到了工會的出資贊助人的控制。
a person whose job is to pay wages or salaries in certain organizations
在某些機搆中負責支付薪水（或工資）的人 返回 paymaster