Meaning

4 senses
  1. A list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each.

    Gehaltsliste, Lohnliste

    платёжная ве́домостьplatjóžnaja védomostʹ, платёжные ве́домостиplatjóžnyje védomosti

    the department that determines the amounts of wage or salary due to each employee

  2. The total sum of money paid to employees.

    Gehaltskosten, Lohnkosten

    фо́нд за́работной пла́тыfónd zárabotnoj pláty

    the total amount of money paid in wages

  3. The calculation of salaries and wages and the deduction of taxes etc.; the department in a company responsible for this.

    Gehaltsabrechnung, Lohn- und Gehaltsabteilung

    расчётный ли́стrasčótnyj líst, расчётные ли́стьяrasčótnyje lístʹja, платёжная ве́домостьplatjóžnaja védomostʹ

  4. (euphemistic)Bribes paid to people.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Tom is still on the payroll.

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  2. How many people are there on the payroll?

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  3. He is still on the payroll of the company.

    deEr ist immer noch auf der Gehaltsliste der Gesellschaft.

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  4. Tom put me on the payroll.

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  5. In Japan, the payroll tax is usually withheld from the monthly salary.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each:
total sum of money paid to employees:
calculation of salaries and wages, department that does this:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each:
total sum of money paid to employees:
calculation of salaries and wages, department that does this:

Origin

From pay + roll.

From pay + roll.

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Forms

plural: payrolls

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the department that determines the amounts of wage or salary due to each employee:payroll department
  • a list of employees and their salaries:paysheet
  • the total amount of money paid in wages:paysheet

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
payroll — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto