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paymistress (ˈpeɪˌmɪstrɪs) [f. pay- + mistress, after paymaster.] A woman who superintends or manages the payment of persons or services; also fig. something, personified as female, that pays or remunerates a person.1583 T. Watson Centurie of Loue fin., The Labour is light, where Loue is the Paiemis...
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paimistris
pail-mail, paiment, paimistris obs. ff. pall-mall, payment, paymistress.
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pay-
pay- in combination. [pay n., or, in some cases, the stem of pay v.1] 1. In ns. denoting persons or things connected with the payment of money, esp. as wages. a. Charged with the payment of workmen, employees, or subordinates; as pay-agent, pay-clerk, pay-commander, pay-corps, pay-director, pay-insp...
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