N. B. To be sworn in January, April, July, and October, in every year.
PAY-MASTER, is he who is intrusted with the money, and has the charge of paying the regiment. He has no other commission in the line. His pay is 15s. per day.
District Pay-Master, an officer appointed for the better management of the interior concerns of the army, when the corps are detached in garrisons on duty, in several districts.
Pay-Bills. in the British army these bills are distinguished according to the nature of the service for which they are given. Every captain of a troop or company receives a regular weekly account from his Serjeant, of money to be advanced for the effectives of such troop or company; and on the 24th day in each month he makes out a monthly one for the paymaster, who makes out a general abstract for the agent. The paymaster-general’s estimate is likewise called the pay bill.
Pay-Lists. The monthly accounts, which are transmitted by the several regimental and district paymasters to their agents on the 25th of each month, are so termed.
Pay-Rolls, the same as pay-lists.
Pay-Serjeant. See [Serjeant].
PAYE, Fr. the pay of the troops.
PAYEN-Ghaut, Ind. the lower mountain Ghaut is the general term for mountain.
PAYS, Fr. This word is variously applied by the French in a figurative sense: Parler, ou juger a vue de Pays. To speak or decide at random.