noun

payroll

PAY-rohl

noun

The total amount a business pays its employees, or the list of employees and their pay.

"The company's payroll grew as it hired more staff."

"She works in payroll, processing everyone's wages each month."

How to Use Payroll

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe employees a company pays, or the process/department that handles paying them.

Common pairings

on the payroll payroll department payroll tax

payrolled past tense, payrolls plural, payrolls singular

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The company's _____ grew as it hired more staff.

From "pay" plus "roll," referring to the original paper list (or "roll") of employees and their wages.