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noun
1.
a list of employees to be paid, with the amount due to each.
2.
the sum total of these amounts.
3.
the actual money on hand for distribution: The bandits got away with the payroll.
4.
the total number of people employed by a business firm or organization.
verb (used with object)
5.
to fund or subsidize: to be payrolled by the State Department.
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payroll
1740, from pay (v.) + roll (n.); "total amount paid to employees over a period," hence, via records-keeping, "list of employees receiving pay."
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