paylist (palist)

A pay-roll; specifically ( mil it.), the quarterly account rendered to the war-office by a paymaster. paymaster (pā'master), n. 1. One who is to pay, or who regularly pays; one from whom wages or remuneration is received.-2. An officer in the army whose duty it is to pay the officers and men their wages, and who is intrusted with money for this purpose.-3. An officer in the United States navy who has charge of money, provisions, clothing, and small stores, and is responsible for their safe-keeping and i ue.- Fleet paymaster. See fleet2.- Paymaster general, in the United States army, the chief officer of the pay-department of the United States war-office. He has general charge of the payment both of the army of the United States, and of volunteers and militia when in its service, and holds the rank of brigadier-general. In England there is an officer of the same name, exercising similar functions. - Paymaster-general of the navy, a principal official of the United States Navy Department, chief of the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, holding the rank of commodore. See department. [ pay