Payroll | Mean of payroll in English Dictionary

/ˈpeɪˌroʊl/

• Noun
• a list of the people who work for a company and the amount of money that the company has agreed to pay them
1. They cut him from their payroll.
2. She's in charge of the company's payroll department. [=the department that is responsible for paying employees]
3. payroll deductions [=money that you earn but is not included in the pay you receive because it is used to pay your taxes, insurance costs, etc.]
4. Her company has over 3,000 employees on the payroll.
5. He's currently on the payroll of a small law firm.
• the total amount of money that a company pays to all of its employees
1. He's the manager of a baseball team with a $50 million payroll.
2. Businesses are keeping their payrolls low by embracing new technologies.