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payroll

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pay·roll also pay roll  (prl)
n.
1. A list of employees receiving wages or salaries, with the amounts due to each.
2. The total sum of money to be paid out to employees at a given time.

payroll [ˈpeɪˌrəʊl]
n
1. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a list of employees, specifying the salary or wage of each
2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance)
a.  the total of these amounts or the actual money equivalent
b.  (as modifier) a payroll tax
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.payrollpayroll - a list of employees and their salaries; "the company had a long payroll"
pay, remuneration, salary, wage, earnings - something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"
register - a book in which names and transactions are listed
2.payrollpayroll - the total amount of money paid in wages; "the company had a large payroll"
amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money - a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"
3.payroll - the department that determines the amounts of wage or salary due to each employee
department, section - a specialized division of a large organization; "you'll find it in the hardware department"; "she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury"
Translations
payroll [ˈpeɪrəʊl]
A. Nnómina f (de sueldos)
to be on a firm's payrollestar en la nómina de una empresa
he has 1000 people on his payrolltiene una nómina de 1000 empleados
B. CPD payroll tax Nimpuesto m sobre la nómina
payroll [ˈpeɪrəʊl] nregistre m du personnel
to be on a firm's payroll → être employé(e) par une entreprise
to be on the payroll → faire partie du personnel
pay scale néchelle f des salaires
payroll [ˈpeɪˌrəʊl] n (list) → lista del personale; (money) → paga (di tutto il personale); (employees) → personale m
to be on a firm's payroll → far parte dell'organico di una ditta
payroll [ˈpeɪˌrəʊl] n (list) → lista del personale; (money) → paga (di tutto il personale); (employees) → personale m
to be on a firm's payroll → far parte dell'organico di una ditta


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Remember that I am in your father's employ, and that no matter what my personal convictions may be regarding the work he has been doing I may only act with loyalty to his lightest command while I remain upon his payroll.
It was said, too, that he had built his brick-kiln in the same way, and that the workmen were on the city payroll while they did it; however, one had to press closely to get these things out of the men, for it was not their business, and Mike Scully was a good man to stand in with.
The aid of the Pinkertons and of countless private detective agencies was called in, and in addition to this thousands were upon our payroll.
 
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