payrollnoun
uk/ˈpeɪ.rəʊl/us/ˈpeɪ.roʊl/[ C ] a list of the people employed by a company showing how much each one earns:
a payroll tax
The company is growing fast, adding another 100 employees to its payroll over the last year.
[ C usually singular ] the total amount of money paid to the people employed by a particular company:
With debts of $4 million and a monthly payroll of $1.2 million, the venture is clearly heading for trouble.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Employees & colleagues
- acquihire
- appointee
- associate
- career woman
- co-worker
- colleague
- hire
- hireling
- homeworker
- incumbent
- mate
- new blood
- nominee
- operative
- self-starter
- shadow
- staffer
- underling
- wage earner
- worker
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