payroll

American  

[pey-rohl] / ˈpeɪˌroʊl /

noun

1. a list of employees to be paid, pay, with the amount due to each.

2. the sum total of these amounts.

3. the actual money on hand for distribution.

   The bandits got away with the payroll.

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

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verb (used with object)

1. to fund or subsidize.

   to be payrolled by the State Department.

payroll British  

/ ˈpeɪˌrəʊl /

noun

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

2. 1. the total of these amounts or the actual money equivalent

   2. ( as modifier )

      a payroll tax

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Etymology

Origin of payroll

First recorded in 1765–75; pay ¹ + roll

Example Sentences

But lately it’s used for routine tasks such as “l’m leaning in to finish payroll” or ‘I’m going to lean in and have lunch.”

From The Wall Street Journal

This year, they opted for a player who isn’t as good but reduces payroll.

From The Wall Street Journal

To the first point, investors were happy for AI to replace swaths of the professional workforce: That would allow companies to save millions on payroll expenses while improving efficiencies.

From Barron's

The stance pushes against growing expectations that softening payroll gains or optimism around artificial-intelligence-driven productivity could give the central bank room to ease more aggressively.

From Barron's

The stance pushes against growing expectations that softening payroll gains or optimism around artificial-intelligence-driven productivity could give the central bank room to ease more aggressively.

From Barron's

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