payroll

English Online Dictionary. What means payroll‎? What does payroll mean?

English

Alternative forms

• pay roll

Etymology

From pay +‎ roll.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pā′rōl′
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪˌɹəʊl/

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪˌɹoʊl/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈpæɪ̯ˌɹəʉl/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈpæɪ̯ˌɹɐʉl/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈpeˌɹol/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈpeːˌɾoːl/
• Rhymes: -eɪɹəʊl
• Hyphenation: pay‧roll

Noun

payroll (plural payrolls)

2. A list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each.
3. The total sum of money paid to employees.
4. (accounting) The calculation of salaries and wages and the deduction of taxes etc.; the department in a company responsible for this.
5. (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)

1. (transitive) To place on a payroll (sense 1).

Anagrams

• polarly