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payroll

payroll /ˈpeɪˌroʊl/ noun
plural payrolls
payroll
/ˈpeɪˌroʊl/
noun
plural payrolls
Britannica Dictionary definition of PAYROLL
[count]
: a list of the people who work for a company and the amount of money that the company has agreed to pay them often used before another noun
often used in the phrase on the payroll
: the total amount of money that a company pays to all of its employees