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Payroll

Meaning in human resources, with examples

/ˈpeɪroʊl/nounCore term

In human resources, payroll means: The process of calculating and paying employees' wages, including tax and other deductions; also the list of people a company pays.

In Turkish: bordro, maaş bordrosu, ücret bordrosu

How it is used

Used for the team ('Ask payroll'), the process ('run payroll') and the list ('on the payroll'). Deadlines matter: changes after the payroll cut-off usually go into the next month's pay.

Example sentences

  1. Overtime claims must reach payroll by the 20th to be paid this month.

  2. We have 180 people on the payroll and about 30 contractors.

  3. The payroll team found an error in two people's tax codes.

Common collocations

  • run payroll
  • payroll department
  • on the payroll
  • payroll cut-off
  • payroll system
  • payslipA document given to an employee each pay period that shows their gross pay, deductions such as tax, and their final net pay.
  • gross payThe total amount an employee earns before tax, social security and other deductions are taken off.
  • net payThe amount an employee actually receives in their bank account after tax and all other deductions have been taken off.
  • deductionAn amount of money taken from an employee's pay before they receive it, for example income tax, social security, pension or union fees.
  • salaryA fixed amount of money that an employee is paid for their work, agreed as a yearly figure and usually paid every month.

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