payroll

Syllables: pay·roll/ˈpeɪˌɹəʊl/US/ˈpeɪˌɹoʊl/

payroll noun: a list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each.

Noun

payroll (plural payrolls)

A list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each.
- Magazines kept aristocrats on the payroll to facilitate access to jet-set playgrounds like Corfu and Mustique.2025 June 27, Michael M. Grynbaum, “The Concorde-and-Caviar Era of Condé Nast, When Magazines Ruled the Earth”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Jun 2025
Synonyms:

paysheet
The total sum of money paid to employees.
The calculation of salaries and wages and the deduction of taxes etc.; the department in a company responsible for this.
(euphemistic) Bribes paid to people.
- I know that the deal started with the boys in Santiago, because they’ve been on the d’Anconia pay roll for centuries — well, no, ‘pay roll’ is an honorable word, it would be more exact to say that d’Anconia Copper has been paying them protection money for centuries — isn't that what your gangsters...1957, Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
- We can spread a rumor this cop was dirty. Look, Tom, we have newspaper people on the payroll, don't we?1972, The Godfather, spoken by Michael Corleone

Verb

payroll (third-person singular simple present payrolls, present participle payrolling, simple past and past participle payrolled)

(transitive) To place on a payroll (noun sense 1).
- Grantees may elect to payroll the enrollees through their own payroll system if the payroll system is consistent with regulations contained herein.1985, The Code of Federal regulations of the United States of America, page 37

payroll meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

payroll in Hindi

पेरोल, वेतन-सूची, वेतन सूची

payroll in Tamil

ஊதியப் பட்டியல், சம்பளப் பட்டியல்

payroll in Marathi

पगारपत्रक, पगारपत्रिका, पगारसूची

payroll in Urdu

فہرست ادائی

More languagesFewer languages

payroll in Bengali: পে-রোল করতে, পে-রোল করা
payroll in Telugu: పేరోల్
payroll in Malayalam: ശമ്പളപ്പട്ടിക, ശമ്പളപ്പകർപ്പ്, പേറോളിലേക്ക്
payroll in Kannada: ವೇತನದಾರರ ಯಾದಿ, ಸಂಬಳದಾರರ ಪಟ್ಟು
payroll in Punjabi: ਤਨਖਾਹ-ਪੱਤਰ
payroll in Gujarati: પગારપત્રક, પેરોલ, પગાર પત્રક
payroll in Odia: ପେ-ରୋଲ୍, ପେ-ରୋଲ, ପେ-ରୋଲ୍ କରିବା ପାଇଁ
payroll in Nepali: पे-रोल, पेरोल, पे-रोल गर्न
payroll in Tagalog: talasahuran

Examples of payroll in a sentence

The stage pulled into town carrying the payroll for the mill and three ladies.
For the payroll period credit employees' tips to their wages paid account and debit their minimum wage payable account.
Altogether it took hundreds of person-years to build the bridge and dam, and such a payroll is not cheap.

All 25 example sentences with payroll

Synonyms of payroll

paysheet

Forms of payroll

Noun
plural	payrolls
alternative form	pay roll
Verb
third-person singular present	payrolls
present participle	payrolling
past participle	payrolled
past	payrolled

Plural of payroll: payrolls

Origin of payroll

From pay + roll.

Words formed from payroll

Phrases with payroll

payroll taxes

Questions about payroll

What does payroll mean?: Payroll means a list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each.
What is payroll in Hindi?: Payroll in Hindi is पेरोल, वेतन-सूची, वेतन सूची. See Payroll meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is payroll?: Payroll can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce payroll?: Payroll is pronounced /ˈpeɪˌɹəʊl/ (UK).
What is the plural of payroll?: The plural of payroll is payrolls.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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