payroll

pay-roll · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A list of a company's employees and the amount of money they are to be paid.

  2. 2.

    The total amount of wages paid by a company to its employees.

  3. 3.

    The department or system that handles employee payments.

Forms

plural: payrolls

Related words

See also: employee, salary, wages
Synonyms: salary list, wages

Etymology

From English pay + roll (a list), dating from the late 18th century.