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

Employers added 41,000 jobs to private payrolls in December, according to the ADP National Employment Report released Wednesday morning.

From Barron's

Alternative employment measures released Wednesday—including December payroll growth from ADP and the Bank of America Institute —pointed to a relatively stable end of the year.

From Barron's

Most had been unable to carry out their duties remotely since leaving Gaza, but had remained on UNRWA's payroll until last March, when they were placed on exceptional unpaid leave, the spokesperson said.

From Barron's

Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had expected to see 48,000 new private-sector jobs in ADP’s figures, which are derived from the anonymized payrolls of the company’s corporate clients.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Small establishments recovered from November job losses with positive end-of-year hiring, even as large employers pulled back,” said Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP, the nation’s largest processor of payroll checks.

From MarketWatch

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