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payroll

noun
/ˈpeɪˌɹəʊl/UK/ˈpeɪˌɹoʊl/CA/ˈpæɪ̯ˌɹəʉl/

Etymology

From pay + roll.

  1. derived from rollāre
  2. derived from rotula — “a little wheel”
  3. derived from rotulāre — “to roll; to revolve”
  4. derived from roller
  5. inherited from rollen
  6. compounded as payroll — “pay + roll”

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. The total sum of money paid to employees.

  3. The calculation of salaries and wages and the deduction of taxes etc.

    The calculation of salaries and wages and the deduction of taxes etc.; the department in a company responsible for this.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. 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?

    2. To place on a payroll (noun sense 1).

      • Grantees may elect to payroll the enrollees through their own payroll system if the payroll system is consistent with regulations contained herein.

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Derived

e-payroll, nonpayroll, payrollee, payroller, payroll tax, payroll vote

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA