Definition

1. Noun:
   • The list of employees receiving wages or salaries, and the amounts they are to be paid: A detailed register of a company's workers and their individual earnings.
   • The total sum of money to be paid out to employees: The aggregate amount of wages and salaries a company must disburse during a specific period.
   • The department within a company responsible for calculating and distributing employee compensation: The administrative function or team that manages wages, salaries, deductions, and related records.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Her name was added to the company payroll after she completed her probation.
  • The startup's monthly payroll exceeds $200,000.
  • Please contact Payroll if there is an error in your payslip.

Advanced Usage

• "on the payroll": Officially employed by a company and receiving regular payment.
  • He has been on the payroll for five years.
• "off the payroll": No longer officially employed by a company.
  • Contractors are not on the permanent payroll.

Variants and Related Words

• Payroll tax (noun): A tax that an employer withholds and pays on behalf of their employees.
  • The new legislation affected the calculation of payroll taxes.
• Payroll clerk (noun): An administrative worker who processes payroll.
• Payroll software (noun): A computer application used to manage payroll calculations.

Synonyms

• Staff list: A list of employees.
• Wage bill: The total amount of money paid in wages.
• Personnel: The people employed in an organization.

Related Phrases

• Meet the payroll: To have enough funds to pay employees.
  • The small business struggled to meet the payroll during the slow season.
• Run the payroll: To execute the process of calculating and issuing pay.
  • The accountant runs the payroll on the last Friday of each month.

Noun

1. the department that determines the amounts of wage or salary due to each employee
2. the total amount of money paid in wages
   • the company had a large payroll
3. a list of employees and their salaries
   • the company had a long payroll