C1nounbusinesswork
US/ˈpeɪ.roʊl/
UK/ˈpeɪ.rəʊl/
a list of the people a company employs and pays, or the total money it pays them
In context
The startup has forty people on its payroll and plans to hire more.
Many restaurants struggled to meet payroll when they were forced to close.
Ask the payroll department if your overtime was included this month.
Words that go with payroll
noun + preposition
- on the payrollThe hotel has two hundred workers on the payroll.
noun + noun
- payroll departmentSend your bank details to the payroll department.
- payroll taxPayroll tax is paid by employers on wages.
verb + noun
- meet payrollWithout the loan, they could not meet payroll in June.
- cut the payrollThe new owners want to cut the payroll by a third.