payroll

noun

pay·roll ˈpā-ˌrōl

Synonyms of payroll next

: a paymaster's or employer's list of those entitled to pay and of the amounts due to each

: the sum necessary for distribution to those on a payroll

also : the money to be distributed

Examples of payroll in a Sentence

They cut him from their payroll. He's the manager of a baseball team with a $50 million payroll. Businesses are keeping their payrolls low by embracing new technologies.

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To avoid a cash crunch and potentially jeopardize the ability to pay people, a marketing agency can set up a separate payroll account to which a percentage of sales can be devoted. —

Vlad Rusz, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 Markets largely ignored the bad news, as the nonfarm payrolls report flagged acute climate and labor disruptions. —

Natasha Turak,matt Clinch, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024 Their plan includes signing four free agents to multi-year deals that could equal about $268 million in total payroll commitments, according to Spotrac's market-value projections. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024 Andrew Brown, the co-founder and CEO of Check, a payroll startup, said the environment at Money20/20 seems more stable than in past years. —

Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for payroll