paymastershipn.

Brit.

/ˈpeɪˌmɑːstəʃɪp/,

/ˈpeɪˌmastəʃɪp/, U.S.

/ˈpeɪˌmæstərˌʃɪp/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: paymaster n., -ship suffix.

Etymology: < paymaster n. + -ship suffix.

The position or office of paymaster.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > paying (money) for labour or service > [noun] > paymaster or paymistress > office of

paymastership1743

1743 H. Mann Let. 1 Oct. in H. Walpole Corr. (1954) XVIII. 313 I fear his quitting his paymastership may produce a change prejudicial to my father.

1777 P. Van Cortlandt Let. 10 June in J. Judd Corr. Van Cortlandt Family (1977) 201 Whenever the Paymastership of Colonel Dubois's Regiment shall become vacant, a Commission shall be filled up for Captain Townsend.

1809 G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 398 One Paymastership of the Forces is vacant.

1839 Ld. Brougham Hist. Sketches Statesmen George III I. 392 An anecdote is related of his Paymastership which will paint, though in homely colours, his habitual good humour.

1955 Eng. Hist. Rev. 70 230 Within a generation of the Restoration the status of the Paymastership began to change.

1998 F. P. Lock Edmund Burke I. xii. 451 A profitable office at any time, a paymastership was exceptionally lucrative during a war.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	paymastership
释义	paymastershipn. Brit. /ˈpeɪˌmɑːstəʃɪp/, /ˈpeɪˌmastəʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈpeɪˌmæstərˌʃɪp/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: paymaster n., -ship suffix. Etymology: < paymaster n. + -ship suffix. The position or office of paymaster. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > paying (money) for labour or service > [noun] > paymaster or paymistress > office of paymastership1743 1743 H. Mann Let. 1 Oct. in H. Walpole Corr. (1954) XVIII. 313 I fear his quitting his paymastership may produce a change prejudicial to my father. 1777 P. Van Cortlandt Let. 10 June in J. Judd Corr. Van Cortlandt Family (1977) 201 Whenever the Paymastership of Colonel Dubois's Regiment shall become vacant, a Commission shall be filled up for Captain Townsend. 1809 G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 398 One Paymastership of the Forces is vacant. 1839 Ld. Brougham Hist. Sketches Statesmen George III I. 392 An anecdote is related of his Paymastership which will paint, though in homely colours, his habitual good humour. 1955 Eng. Hist. Rev. 70 230 Within a generation of the Restoration the status of the Paymastership began to change. 1998 F. P. Lock Edmund Burke I. xii. 451 A profitable office at any time, a paymastership was exceptionally lucrative during a war. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1743
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