paymaster
noun [C] /ˈpeɪˌmɑː.stər/
/-ˌmæs.tɚ/ Definition
› a person or an organization that pays for something to happen and therefore has or expects to have some control over it: The government accused the opposition parties of being controlled by trade union paymasters.People in charge of or controlling other peopleBosses, managers and directors
(Definition of paymaster noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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