1 a list of people employed by a company showing the amount of money to be paid to each of them:
We have 500 people on the payroll.
2 [usuallysing.] the total amount paid in wages by a company:
The firm is growing fast with a monthly payroll of $1 million.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is payroll a noun, verb, or something else?
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