payroll

  1. Noun.  A list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each.
  2. Noun.  The total sum of money paid to employees.
  3. Noun.  (computing) The series of accounting transactions that ensure that employees are paid correctly, and that all taxes etc are properly deducted; the department in a company responsible for it.

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