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Today, a $5 million salary puts a banker at the 90th percentile for pay, according to the paymaster's figures.

Believe It: Bankers' Pay Takes a Tumble Dennis K. Berman 2011

That they were enemies, who'd come to vent their abomination of him and his notions, or to gloat, or just to indulge their curiosity, made it all the better for him; he could answer their harrying and abuse with urbanity and resolution - and that's where the legend was born, believe me, in that shabby little paymaster's office, for in whatever spirit they came, they left in something like awe ... and admiration.

THE NUMBERS 2010

My last memory of him is in that paymaster's office, propped up on his mattress, battered but bright-eyed, not two pounds of his stringy old carcase hanging straight, but laying down the law in his best accustomed style, God help him ... and I suppose I must say God bless him, too, for form's sake.

THE NUMBERS 2010

With US troops stretched thin, the next best way for the administration to fight its wars is with a mobile force (like the one stationed at Djibouti) and proxy ground forces that may not be popular on the ground but will do their paymaster's bidding (like the Ethiopians 'and local warlords.)

Laura Flanders: We Missed the March But the Protest Should Carry On 2008

The original paymaster's office featured a unique wooden grille that was adapted to become a decorative feature in the casa principal's bar.

Restoring a Mexican hacienda 2006

The original paymaster's office featured a unique wooden grille that was adapted to become a decorative feature in the casa principal's bar.

Restoring a Mexican hacienda 2006

The original paymaster's office featured a unique wooden grille that was adapted to become a decorative feature in the casa principal's bar.

Restoring a Mexican hacienda 2006

He picked up his pack, took his musket, and said he had to report to the paymaster's tent.

Sharpe's Tiger Cornwell, Bernard 1997

That they were enemies, who'd come to vent their abomination of him and his notions, or to gloat, or just to indulge their curiosity, made it all the better for him; he could answer their harrying and abuse with urbanity and resolution - and that's where the legend was born, believe me, in that shabby little paymaster's office, for in whatever spirit they came, they left in something like awe ... and admiration.

Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995

My last memory of him is in that paymaster's office, propped up on his mattress, battered but bright-eyed, not two pounds of his stringy old carcase hanging straight, but laying down the law in his best accustomed style, God help him ... and I suppose I must say God bless him, too, for form's sake.

Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995