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PRONUNCIATION OF PAYMASTER GENERAL

Paymaster General  [ˈpeɪˌmɑːstə ˈdʒɛnərəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PAYMASTER GENERAL

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Paymaster General is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PAYMASTER GENERAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Paymaster General

Politics portal v t e Her Majesty's Paymaster General or HM Paymaster General is a ministerial position in the United Kingdom. The Paymaster General was in charge of the Office of HM Paymaster General, which held accounts at the Bank of England on behalf of Government departments and selected other public bodies. Funds which were made available from the Consolidated Fund were then channelled into OPG accounts, from where they were used by the relevant body. OPG operated a full range of accounts and banking transaction services, including cheque and credit, BACS and CHAPS services for its customers via an electronic banking system. Integration of OPG accounts held with commercial banks was provided by the private company Xafinity Paymaster. In 2008, the government announced that the Office of the Paymaster General would be incorporated into a new body, the Government Banking Service, which also provides banking operations for HM Revenue & Customs and National Savings and Investments.

Definition of Paymaster General in the English dictionary

The definition of Paymaster General in the dictionary is a government minister responsible for making payments by government departments.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PAYMASTER GENERAL


admiral
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agricultural
ˌæɡrɪˈkʌltʃərəl
architectural
ˌɑːkɪˈtektʃərəl
cultural
ˈkʌltʃərəl
electoral
ɪˈlɛktərəl
farmers-general
ˌfɑːməzˈdʒenərəl
federal
ˈfɛdərəl
funeral
ˈfjuːnərəl
general
ˈdʒɛnərəl
Governor-General
ˌɡʌvənəˈdʒenərəl
lateral
ˈlætərəl
liberal
ˈlɪbərəl
mineral
ˈmɪnərəl
minerals
ˈmɪnərəl
mural
ˈmjʊərəl
outgeneral
ˌaʊtˈdʒɛnərəl
rural
ˈrʊərəl
spiral
ˈspaɪərəl
structural
ˈstrʌktʃərəl
temporal
ˈtɛmpərəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PAYMASTER GENERAL

PayPass
payphone
payroll
payroll tax
Pays de la Loire

WORDS THAT END LIKE PAYMASTER GENERAL

agent-general
attorney general
Auditor General
brigadier general
consul general
consulate general
director general
director-general
four-star general
governor general
in general
inspector general
judge advocate general
lieutenant general
major general
neral
secretary-general
several
Solicitor General
surgeon general
vicar general

Synonyms and antonyms of Paymaster General in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Paymaster General» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PAYMASTER GENERAL

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Translator English - Chinese

佩马斯特一般
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Tesorera General
570 millions of speakers

English

Paymaster General
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

केशियर जनरल
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

ممول عامة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

казначей Общие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Tesoureira-
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পেমাস্টার জেনারেল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Trésorier Payeur Général
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Paymaster General
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Generalzahlmeister
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

主計長全般
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

회계사 일반
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Paymaster General
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

trả lương chung
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பேமஸ்டர் ஜெனரல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेमस्टर जनरल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Genel Müdür Yardımcısı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Ragioneria generale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

płatnikiem ogólne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скарбник Загальні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Paymaster General
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Paymaster Γενικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Betaalmeester-generaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Paymaster General
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Paymaster Generelt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Paymaster General

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PAYMASTER GENERAL»

The term «Paymaster General» is regularly used and occupies the 96.239 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PAYMASTER GENERAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Paymaster General

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PAYMASTER GENERAL»

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A collection of the public general statutes passed in the ...
Act for consolidating the Offices of Paymaster General, Paymaster and Treasurer of Chelsea ' Hospital, Treasurer of the Navy, and Treasurer of the Ordnance, the Funds of the said Hos- • pital, formerly standing in the Name of the Treasurer or ...
Great Britain, 1838
2
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Removal of either of them, the said Secretary at War and Paymaster General for the Time being, and until the Appointment of his Successor, the Balance of the said Account shall vest in the other of them, but upon every such Appointment the  ...
Great Britain, Sir George Kettilby Rickards, 1838
3
Statutes at Large ...: (29 v. in 32) Statutes or the United ...
Offence, shall forfeit the Sum of Five Pounds ; _Proof thereof being made upon Oath before Two of His Majesty"' s Justices of the Peace of the fame County or Hiding, who are to certify the fame to the Paymaster general, or other respective ...
Great Britain, 1807
4
The Public general statutes: passed in the ... years of the ...
Framing of orders. Oflice of Paymaster General for Chancery business. General, so however that all money and securities shall be paid, transferred, or deposited to the credit or account of the Paymaster General for the time being on behalf of ...
‎1872
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and ...
Removal of either of them, the said Secretary at War and Paymaster General for the Time being, and until. the Appointment of his Successor, the Balance of the said Account shall vest in the other of them, but upon every such Appointment the  ...
Great Britain, Sir George Kettilby Rickards, 1838
6
India Courier Extraordinary: Proceedings of Parliament ...
military Paymaster General out of the provinces, and that they are to render him their accounts in the same manner as they have hitherto done to the military Paymaster General. That the military Paymaster General out of the provinces be ...
Warren Hastings, 1786
7
The Union Preserved: A Guide to Civil War Records in the NYS ...
Paymaster General's Office The Office of Paymaster General can be traced to 1818, when the legislature made provisions for a Paymaster General's Department within the state's militia. The department was to be headed by a paymaster ...
Harold Holzer, 2009
8
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
The retirement of Sir Henry Tizard at the end of March 1952 offered the obvious opportunity to bring these bodies under the Paymaster-General, or to replace them by other coordinating machinery subordinate to him. Nothing like this has been ...
9
Statutes at Large ...: (37 v.) A collection of the public ...
Fund apart from other Funds under the Control of the said Paymaster General, be it enacted, That there shall be raised an Account in the Books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, and such Account shall be entitled " The ...
Great Britain, 1838
10
The Public General Acts
AN ACT respecting the Transfer of certain Funds to the Secretary at War and the Paymaster General. (14th August 1838.) ABSTRACT OF THE ENACTMENTS. 1. Drouly Officers Widows Fund. — Transfer of the fund. — Nature of the account.
Great Britain, 1836

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PAYMASTER GENERAL»

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George Osborne will remember his friends as he closes in on the …
Look at Matt Hancock, now Paymaster General; Amber Rudd, now Secretary of State for Energy; Greg Hands, now deputy Chancellor – the list ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Watch: Unseen footage of Coventry North West By-election in 1976
Labour retained the seat with a new MP, Geoffrey Robinson. He later went on to be a Paymaster General in the Labour government of the late ... «Coventry Telegraph, Jul 15»
3
BBC boss Alan Yentob's secret email bid to wipe Kids Company …
... contacted Dawn Primarolo, then the Paymaster General in the Treasury, and Paul Boateng, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, about the tax ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
4
150 YEARS AGO: Lawmakers overlooked pay for militia in budget …
Paymaster General W.J. Dougherty issued a circular reporting the problem “in answer to the constant inquiry made to this department.” He had ... «Columbia Daily Tribune, Jul 15»
5
Westminster View: Solving Digital Exclusion
I was reluctant this early in our acquaintance to accuse the Paymaster General of deliberately trying to obscure the truth. Perish the thought that ... «ComputerworldUK, Jul 15»
6
Govt accounting systems a mess, says Auditor General
The 2014 report notes that some ministries were not reconciling differences between figures in the sub-paymaster general accounts and the ... «The Zimbabwean, Jul 15»
7
Primarolo to head body setting assembly members
... Bristol South from 1987-2015, she served in the Treasury between 1997 and 2007, first as financial secretary and then paymaster general. «BBC News, Jul 15»
8
Revenue Collectors Upgrade Skills
The Littoral Paymaster General, Mbock Jean Pierre, revealed that revenue so far collected this year is much lower than it was in the same ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
9
LUFC On This Day - June 27th
... alongside Labour's George Mudie and Colin Burgon met with Treasury Minister Ed Balls (great name for a football story), paymaster general, ... «Vitalfootball, Jun 15»
10
Conservative division: could history be repeating itself over EU?
Cabinet office minister and paymaster general. The former chief of staff to George Osborne, just one of five ministers on the public expenditure ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»

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