payroll
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Definition
- Noun:
- The list of employees receiving wages or salaries, and the amounts they are to be paid: A detailed register of a company's workers and their individual earnings.
- The total sum of money to be paid out to employees: The aggregate amount of wages and salaries a company must disburse during a specific period.
- The department within a company responsible for calculating and distributing employee compensation: The administrative function or team that manages wages, salaries, deductions, and related records.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Her name was added to the company payroll after she completed her probation.
- The startup's monthly payroll exceeds $200,000.
- Please contact Payroll if there is an error in your payslip.
Advanced Usage
- "on the payroll": Officially employed by a company and receiving regular payment.
- He has been on the payroll for five years.
- "off the payroll": No longer officially employed by a company.
- Contractors are not on the permanent payroll.
Variants and Related Words
- Payroll tax (noun): A tax that an employer withholds and pays on behalf of their employees.
- The new legislation affected the calculation of payroll taxes.
- Payroll clerk (noun): An administrative worker who processes payroll.
- Payroll software (noun): A computer application used to manage payroll calculations.
Synonyms
- Staff list: A list of employees.
- Wage bill: The total amount of money paid in wages.
- Personnel: The people employed in an organization.
Related Phrases
- Meet the payroll: To have enough funds to pay employees.
- The small business struggled to meet the payroll during the slow season.
- Run the payroll: To execute the process of calculating and issuing pay.
- The accountant runs the payroll on the last Friday of each month.
Noun
- the department that determines the amounts of wage or salary due to each employee
- the total amount of money paid in wages
- the company had a large payroll
- a list of employees and their salaries
- the company had a long payroll