Usually means: System for managing employee compensation.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!)
We found 29 dictionaries that define the word payroll:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. payroll: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. payroll: Merriam-Webster
  3. payroll: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. payroll: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. payroll: Collins English Dictionary
  6. payroll: Vocabulary.com
  7. payroll: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. payroll: Wiktionary
  9. payroll: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. payroll: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. payroll: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. payroll: Dictionary.com
  13. payroll (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. payroll: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Payroll (film), Payroll: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. payroll: Rhymezone
  17. payroll: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. payroll: FreeDictionary.org
  19. payroll: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. payroll: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. PAYROLL: Accounting Glossary
  4. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  5. payroll: Legal dictionary
  6. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. payroll: Medical dictionary

(Note: See payrolling as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each.
noun:  The total sum of money paid to employees.
noun:  (accounting) The calculation of salaries and wages and the deduction of taxes etc.; the department in a company responsible for this.
noun:  (euphemistic) Bribes paid to people.
verb:  (transitive) To place on a payroll.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    blue,     green,     gray,     white,     black, more...



Word origin

Words similar to payroll

Usage examples for payroll

Idioms related to payroll

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing payroll

Words that often appear near payroll

Rhymes of payroll

Invented words related to payroll

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    blue,     green,     gray,     white,     black, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux