payroll

[ pey-rohl ]

/ ˈpeɪˌroʊl /

a list of employees to be paid, with the amount due to each.

the sum total of these amounts.

the actual money on hand for distribution: The bandits got away with the payroll.

the total number of people employed by a business firm or organization.

to fund or subsidize: to be payrolled by the State Department.

Origin of payroll

First recorded in 1765–75; pay¹ + roll

Begich has courageously talked of eliminating the payroll tax cap of around $115,000.

Hooray for Liberal Fear-Mongering! |Michael Tomasky |October 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“There is always at least one ISIS person on the payroll; they force people on us,” says an aid coordinator.

U.S. Humanitarian Aid Going to ISIS |Jamie Dettmer |October 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The temporary reduction of Social Security payroll taxes was allowed to expire in early 2013.

The Battle of the Deficit Bulge Has Been Won |Daniel Gross |October 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Even with several judges on her payroll, Mandelbaum was not able to squirm out of the charges.

Meet 'The Queen of Thieves' Marm Mandelbaum, New York City's First Mob Boss |J. North Conway |September 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Also around this time, Hollywood began to put the pioneering filmmakers of New Queer Cinema on their payroll.

Hollywood’s Evolving Heart: How Movies Grew to Love Gays |Teo Bugbee |May 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Since it looked more vigorous with each passing hour, I saw myself on the payroll of the Intelligencer for a long time to come.

Greener Than You Think |Ward Moore
In 1867 seventy persons were on the Herald's payroll, a larger number than ever before.

Bay State Monthly, Vol. II, No. 1, October, 1884 |Various
By eight-thirty my name and number was on the payroll, and the foreman of shop No. 19 was introducin' me to my new boss.

The House of Torchy |Sewell Ford
He was going by the name of "Joe Smith," which he judged likely to be found on the payroll of any mine.

King Coal |Upton Sinclair
A two-party check means that it was not a payroll check, but a personal check given to him.

Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

payroll

/ (ˈpeɪˌrəʊl) /

a list of employees, specifying the salary or wage of each