1N-COUNT [oft with poss]出钱操纵者;后台老板 A paymaster is a person or organization that pays and therefore controls another person or organization. 出钱操纵者;后台老板
...the ruling party's paymasters in business and banking.
执政党从事商业和银行业的后台老板
As the main EU paymaster, Germany contributes £8 billion annually more than it gets back from Brussels.
作为欧盟的大老板,德国每年要出资80亿英镑,比它从欧盟得到的要多。
2N-COUNT (军队中发放工资、军饷的)出纳员 A paymaster is an official in the armed forces who is responsible for the payment of wages and salaries. (军队中发放工资、军饷的)出纳员 [military]