payroll
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payroll
- /ˈpeɪˌɹəʊl/ UK
- /ˈpeɪˌɹoʊl/ Canada, US
- /ˈpæɪ̯ˌɹəʉl/ Australia
- /ˈpæɪ̯ˌɹɐʉl/ New Zealand
- /ˈpeˌɹol/ Scotland
Rhymes with -eɪɹəʊl
Where it comes from
From pay + roll.
noun payrolls · pay roll
- A list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each. Magazines kept aristocrats on the payroll to facilitate access to jet-set playgrounds like Corfu and Mustique.
- The total sum of money paid to employees.
- The calculation of salaries and wages and the deduction of taxes etc.; the department in a company responsible for this.
- A list of people to receive bribes. I know that the deal started with the boys in Santiago, because they’ve been on the d’Anconia pay roll for centuries — well, no, ‘pay roll’ is an honorable word, it would be more exact to say that d’Anconia Copper has been paying them protection money for centuries — isn't that what your gangsters c
Similar: paysheet
verb payrolls · payrolling · payrolled · pay roll
- To place on a payroll (noun sense 1). Grantees may elect to payroll the enrollees through their own payroll system if the payroll system is consistent with regulations contained herein.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: paysheet, paycheck, wages, earnings, payday, salary, paye, wage, withholding, remuneration, money, paid, pay, workforce, employee, paying
noun
Similar: paysheet
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noun list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each
| Español | nómina, planilla, plantilla |
|---|---|
| Français | registre de paie, paie |
| Deutsch | Gehaltsliste, Lohnliste |
| Italiano | ruolino paga, ruolo paga |
| Ελληνικά | μισθοδοσία misthodosía |
| Română | stat de plată |
| Русский | платёжная ве́домость platjóžnaja védomostʹ, платёжные ве́домости platjóžnyje védomosti |
noun total sum of money paid to employees
| 한국어 | 인건비 in'geonbi |
|---|---|
| Français | masse salariale |
| Deutsch | Gehaltskosten, Lohnkosten |
| Русский | фо́нд за́работной пла́ты fónd zárabotnoj pláty |
noun calculation of salaries and wages, department that does this
| Deutsch | Gehaltsabrechnung, Lohn- und Gehaltsabteilung |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | μισθοδοσία misthodosía |
| Русский | расчётный ли́ст rasčótnyj líst, расчётные ли́стья rasčótnyje lístʹja, платёжная ве́домость platjóžnaja védomostʹ, платёжные ве́домости platjóžnyje védomosti |
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title = {payroll},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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