0 a person or an organization that pays for something to happen and therefore has or expects to have some control over it: --
The government accused the opposition parties of being controlled by trade union paymasters.
1 a person or an organization that pays for something, and has or expects to have some control over it: --
2 a person or an organization that is in charge of paying people the money they have earned: --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.