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payroll

payroll

103 3.5
The team at a company that works out and pays employees' wages
  • noun
  • /ˈpeɪˌroʊl/
translation icon : departamento de nómina
  • The payroll department is responsible for ensuring that all employees receive their salaries on time.
  • payroll deductions
  • payroll cycle
  • payroll system

My brother Chance is the head of payroll at Vivint.

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Examples

  • My brother wants this man on payroll by tomorrow morning.

  • One position was managing the financial and payroll systems for a large hospital chain.

    Blog text (1)
  • And what that requires is you getting off the payroll, right?

  • And what that requires is you getting off the payroll, right?

  • Look, you just got to put her on the payroll.

  • So put him on the payroll.

  • I am no longer on the payroll.

  • You're on the payroll now.

  • The personnel department sends notice of employment and the pay rate to the payroll clerk.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The internal auditor distributes the payroll on the first of every month as a control measure.

    Academic text (1991)

Synonyms

payroll department
vspayroll
1 3.0

The part of a company that calculates and gives employees their pay

focuses on paying employees rather than broader wage management

Idioms

Employed and receiving regular pay from a company

Compounds

2 2.7

A written payment that an employer gives an employee for work

The part of a company that calculates and gives employees their pay

Surface Forms

payroll singular
payrolls plural

Etymology

Payroll comes from pay ('to give money') and roll ('a list' or 'a long paper list'). So the payroll department is the part of a company that makes the payments and keeps that list of who should be paid.