Definitions
the department that determines the amounts of wage or salary due to each employee
Word origin
From pay + roll.
Used in a sentence
“Magazines kept aristocrats on the payroll to facilitate access to jet-set playgrounds like Corfu and Mustique.”
“We can spread a rumor this cop was dirty. Look, Tom, we have newspaper people on the payroll, don't we?”
“Grantees may elect to payroll the enrollees through their own payroll system if the payroll system is consistent with regulations contained herein.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Salary register”7 letters
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