payroll
n. C / Un. the list of all the people a company employs and the total amount of money paid to them. It can also mean the department that handles these payments.
n. a list of employees receiving wages or salaries, together with the amounts due to each. Refers collectively to the total sum of money paid to staff or the administrative process of managing these disbursements.
The company has fifty employees on the payroll.
The accounting department works late every Tuesday to ensure everyone on the payroll receives their salary by Friday morning.
As the startup scaled its operations globally, managing a multi-currency payroll became one of the most significant administrative hurdles for the finance team.
From pay + roll.
Often used with the preposition 'on' to describe employment status. Uncountable when referring to the total expenditure; countable when referring to specific lists or cycles.