English Online Dictionary. What means payroll? What does payroll mean?
English
Etymology
From pay + roll.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpeɪɹəʊl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpeɪɹoʊl/
- Rhymes: -eɪɹəʊl
Noun
payroll (plural payrolls)
- A list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each.
- The total sum of money paid to employees.
- (accounting) The calculation of salaries and wages and the deduction of taxes etc.; the department in a company responsible for this.
- (euphemistic) Bribes paid to people.
Synonyms
- (list): paysheet
Derived terms
Related terms
- payslip
Translations
Verb
payroll (third-person singular simple present payrolls, present participle payrolling, simple past and past participle payrolled)
- (transitive) To place on a payroll.
Anagrams
- polarly