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payroll en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpeɪˌɹəʊl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• pā′rōl′
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpæɪ̯ˌɹɐʉl/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈpæɪ̯ˌɹəʉl/ (Australia)
• /ˈpeɪˌɹoʊl/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈpeˌɹol/ (Scotland)

Etymology

From pay + roll.

Meanings

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. 2025 June 27, Michael M. Grynbaum, “The Concorde-and-Caviar Era of Condé Nast, When Magazines Ruled the Earth”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Jun 2025:
2. The total sum of money paid to employees.
3. The calculation of salaries and wages and the deduction of taxes etc.; the department in a company responsible for this.
4. (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, The Godfather, spoken by Michael Corleone:
   • I know that the deal started with the boys in Santiago, because they’ve been on the d’Anconia pay roll for centuries — well, no, ‘pay roll’ is an honorable word, it would be more exact to say that d’Anconia Copper has been paying them protection money for centuries — isn't that what your gangsters call it? 1957, Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged:

Forms

Deriveds

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

Relateds

payslip

Synonyms

paysheet (list)

Translations (43)

ru расчётный ли́ст (calculation of salaries and wages, department that does this) · ru фо́нд за́работной пла́ты (total sum of money paid to employees) · fr registre de paie (list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each) · ru платёжная ве́домость (list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each) · it ruolo paga (list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each) · pl płaca (total sum of money paid to employees) · de Lohnliste (list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each) · ru платёжная ве́домость (calculation of salaries and wages, department that does this) · el μισθοδοσία (calculation of salaries and wages, department that does this) · de Gehaltskosten (total sum of money paid to employees) · es nómina (list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each) · es planilla (list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each) · tl talasahuran (list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each) · fi palkkatoimisto (calculation of salaries and wages, department that does this) · ko 인건비 (total sum of money paid to employees) · sv lönelista (list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each) · it ruolino paga (list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each) · ca nòmina (list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each) · fr masse salariale (total sum of money paid to employees) · nl loonlijst (list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each) · ru платёжные ве́домости (calculation of salaries and wages, department that does this) · de Gehaltsliste (list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each) · el μισθοδοσία (list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each) · fi palkanlaskenta (calculation of salaries and wages, department that does this) · ru платёжные ве́домости (list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each) · es plantilla (list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each) · hu bérszámfejtés (calculation of salaries and wages, department that does this) · pl lista płac (calculation of salaries and wages, department that does this) · de Lohnkosten (total sum of money paid to employees) · fr paie (list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each) · ru расчётные ли́стья (calculation of salaries and wages, department that does this) · bg счетоводство (calculation of salaries and wages, department that does this) · hu bérlista (list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each) · fi palkkasumma (total sum of money paid to employees) · pl lista płac (list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each) · fi palkkakulut (total sum of money paid to employees) · de Lohn- und Gehaltsabteilung (calculation of salaries and wages, department that does this) · fi palkkalista (list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each) · ro stat de plată (list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each) · de Gehaltsabrechnung (calculation of salaries and wages, department that does this) · tl talasahuran (total sum of money paid to employees) · bg платежна ведомост (list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each) · ca massa salarial (total sum of money paid to employees)

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payroll en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈpeɪˌɹəʊl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• pā′rōl′
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpæɪ̯ˌɹɐʉl/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈpæɪ̯ˌɹəʉl/ (Australia)
• /ˈpeɪˌɹoʊl/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈpeˌɹol/ (Scotland)

Etymology

From pay + roll.

Meanings

1. (transitive) 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. 1985, The Code of Federal regulations of the United States of America, page 37:

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