payroll

[ pey-rohl ]
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noun
  1. a list of employees to be paid, with the amount due to each.

  2. the sum total of these amounts.

  1. the actual money on hand for distribution: The bandits got away with the payroll.

  2. the total number of people employed by a business firm or organization.

verb (used with object)
  1. to fund or subsidize: to be payrolled by the State Department.

Origin of payroll

1
First recorded in 1765–75; pay1 + roll

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British Dictionary definitions for payroll

payroll

/ (ˈpeɪˌrəʊl) /


noun
  1. a list of employees, specifying the salary or wage of each

    • the total of these amounts or the actual money equivalent

    • (as modifier): a payroll tax

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