payroll has definitions from the field of accounting
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[ noun ] (accounting) a list of employees and their salaries

Synonyms

paysheet

Examples

"the company had a long payroll"

Used in print

([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)

And so deadheads on the payroll can be eased out at the earliest possible age .

Related terms

register wage

2
[ noun ] the department that determines the amounts of wage or salary due to each employee

Related terms

department

3
[ noun ] the total amount of money paid in wages

Synonyms

paysheet

Examples

"the company had a large payroll"

Related terms

sum

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