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payroll

[ pey-rohl ]

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noun

a list of employees to be paid, pay, 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.

verb (used with object)

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

payroll

/ ˈ��ɪˌ��əʊ�� /

noun

a list of employees, specifying the salary or wage of each
1. the total of these amounts or the actual money equivalent
2. ( as modifier )
  a payroll tax

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Word History and Origins

Origin of payroll¹

First recorded in 1765–75; pay ¹ + roll

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Not everybody on the company's payroll is adhering to the new mandate, she said.

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Centers faced funding delays after an executive order temporarily froze federal aid in January, causing some providers to struggle to meet payroll and others to shutter temporarily.

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Block is among major San Francisco Bay Area tech companies slashing their payrolls this year.

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Although the memo was rescinded days later, dozens of centers reported that they couldn’t access their funds for weeks; unable to meet payroll, some were forced to shutter for a few days.

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As California tech companies continue to slash payrolls, the state’s unemployment rate has been higher than the national average.

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