payroll
noun
uk/ˈpeɪrəʊl/ us [ C ] HR
a list of the employees of a company showing how much each one earns:
The company is growing fast, and increasing the number of staff on its payroll.
[ C ] HR, ECONOMICS
the total number of people employed by a company, or in an economy:
The reduction in temporary hiring has led to the second successive month of falling payrolls.
[ C, usually singular, or U ] ACCOUNTING
the total amount of money paid to the employees of a particular company:
payroll costs
They operate with a strict $80 million payroll.
On average, firms pay 10.45% of payroll into final salary pensions.
The first thing the company must do to get out of trouble is to cut its payroll.
[ U ] HR
the activity of managing the money that is paid to employees:
payroll administration/records/system
His work is to manage the billing and payroll.
be on the payroll
HR
to be employed by a particular company:
The company yesterday confirmed that she was no longer on its payroll as a paid consultant.