pay‧roll /ˈpeɪrəʊl $ -roʊl/ noun

1. on the payroll if someone is on the payroll of a company, they are employed by that company:
The company now has 350 people on the payroll.

2. [uncountable] the activity of managing salary payments for workers in a company:
the payroll department
a computerized payroll system

3. [uncountable and countable] the total amount of wages paid to all the people working in a particular company or industry:
the annual payroll was $88 million

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲