PAYROLL

payroll, payroll department

(noun) the department that determines the amounts of wage or salary due to each employee

payroll, paysheet

(noun) a list of employees and their salaries; “the company had a long payroll”

payroll, paysheet

(noun) the total amount of money paid in wages; “the company had a large payroll”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

payroll (plural payrolls)

A list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each.

The total sum of money paid to employees.

(accounting) The calculation of salaries and wages and the deduction of taxes etc.; the department in a company responsible for this.

(euphemistic) Bribes paid to people

Synonyms

• (list): paysheet

Verb

payroll (third-person singular simple present payrolls, present participle payrolling, simple past and past participle payrolled)

(transitive) To place on a payroll.

Anagrams

• polarly

Source: Wiktionary

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