pay-sheet
Definition
Noun: - A list of employees and their wages: A "pay-sheet" is a document, typically used by an employer, that records the names of all workers and the amount of money each is to be paid for a specific period, such as a week or month.
Usage Examples
- (A list showing employee wages.)
- (The official record of wages.)
Advanced Usage
- "to be on the pay-sheet": to be officially employed and listed as a recipient of wages.
- He has been on the company's pay-sheet for over ten years. (He is a listed employee receiving a salary.)
Variants and Related Words
- Payroll (n): a list of employees and their salaries, often used synonymously with "pay-sheet" in modern contexts.
- The payroll department handles all salary payments. (The department managing the pay-sheet.)
- Pay-bill (n): an older variant term for pay-sheet.
- The factory foreman kept a pay-bill for each shift. (A document similar to a pay-sheet.)
- Pay-list (n): another variant term for pay-sheet.
- The pay-list was checked against attendance records. (A list of employees and their pay.)
Synonyms
- Wage roll: a list of workers and their wages.
- Salary register: an official record of salaries paid.
Related Idioms
- To be on the payroll: to be employed and receiving regular wages.
- She is on the payroll of a large corporation. (She is listed on the pay-sheet.)