Sekirov Dictionary

payroll

UK /ˈpeɪˌɹəʊl/US /ˈpeɪˌɹoʊl/

noun 4
verb 1
forms 3

noun4

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A list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each.
- Magazines kept aristocrats on the payroll to facilitate access to jet-set playgrounds like Corfu and Mustique. — 2025
The calculation of salaries and wages and the deduction of taxes etc.; the department in a company responsible for this.
The total sum of money paid to employees.
•
(euphemistic) Bribes paid to people.
- We can spread a rumor this cop was dirty. Look, Tom, we have newspaper people on the payroll, don't we? — 1972

verb1

•
To place on a payroll.
- Grantees may elect to payroll the enrollees through their own payroll system if the payroll system is consistent with regulations contained herein. — 1985

forms

payrolled · payrolling · payrolls

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