payroll
payroll Lexical Profile
payroll Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A list of a company's employees and the amount of money they are to be paid.
"The human resources department added five new software engineers to the company payroll this month."
The total amount of wages and salaries paid by a company to its employees over a given period.
"With rising operational costs, the small business struggled to meet its monthly payroll."
The department or administrative process within an organization responsible for calculating and distributing employee wages and taxes.
"If you notice a discrepancy on your direct deposit stub, please contact payroll immediately."
Word Origin & Etymology
First recorded in the mid-18th century as an open compound ('pay roll'), combining 'pay' (from Old French 'paier', meaning to appease or remunerate) and 'roll' (from Old French 'rolle', referring to a parchment scroll used to record official lists).