Topic: COMPANIES
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pay‧roll
1 if someone is on the payroll of a company, they are employed by that company : 
The company now has 350 people on the payroll.
on the payroll
The company now has 350 people on the payroll.2 [uncountable]BEWBBC the activity of managing salary payments for workers in a company : the payroll department a computerized payroll system
the payroll departmenta computerized payroll system3 [uncountable and countable]BEWBBC the total amount of wages paid to all the people working in a particular company or industry : the annual payroll was $88 million
the annual payroll was $88 million
