payroll — pay‧roll [ˈpeɪrəʊl ǁ roʊl] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] ACCOUNTING the total amount of wages paid to all the people working in a particular company or industry: • The company has cut its total payroll by 7% since the merger. • More than half… … Financial and business terms
payroll — (n.) 1740, from PAY (Cf. pay) (v.) + ROLL (Cf. roll) (n.); total amount paid to employees over a period, hence, via records keeping, list of employees receiving pay … Etymology dictionary
payroll — ► NOUN ▪ a list of a company s employees and the amount of money they are to be paid … English terms dictionary
payroll — ☆ payroll [pā′rōl΄ ] n. 1. a list of employees to be paid, with the amount due to each 2. the total amount needed, or the money on hand, for this for a given period … English World dictionary
Payroll — In a company, payroll is the sum of all financial records of salaries, wages, bonuses and deductions.PaycheckA paycheck, or pay cheque in English, is traditionally a paper document issued by an employer to pay an employee for services rendered.… … Wikipedia
payroll — pay|roll [ˈpeırəul US roul] n 1.) on the payroll if someone is on the payroll of a company, they are employed by that company ▪ The company now has 350 people on the payroll. 2.) [U] the activity of managing salary payments for workers in a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Payroll — The sum total of all compensation that a business must pay to its employees for a set period of time or on a given date. Payroll is usually managed by the accounting department of a business. Small business payrolls may be handled directly by the … Investment dictionary
payroll — n. 1) to meet (esp. AE) a payroll 2) a monthly; weekly payroll * * * [ peɪrəʊl] weekly payroll a monthly to meet (esp. AE) a payroll … Combinatory dictionary
payroll — UK [ˈpeɪˌrəʊl] / US [ˈpeɪˌroʊl] noun [countable] Word forms payroll : singular payroll plural payrolls 1) a list of all the people that a company employs and the money that each of them earns 2) the number of people employed by a company… … English dictionary
payroll — pay|roll [ peı,roul ] noun count 1. ) a list of all the people that a company employs and the money that each of them earns a ) on the payroll employed by a particular company: They have approximately 100 employees on the payroll. 2. ) the total… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
