payrolls

Staff payment lists

Payrolls is the plural of payroll—the list of employees a company pays, or the total amount paid to them.

A business runs payroll or makes payroll when it distributes wages.

Payroll also refers to the department handling compensation: Talk to payroll about your missing check.

In sports, team payrolls measure spending on player salaries.

compensation

wages

Payment for work

overtime · commissions · benefits · deductions · withholdings · remuneration · stipends · allowances · incentives · profit-sharing

administration

processing

Systematic operation on data

reporting · software · systems · automation · outsourcing · ADP · QuickBooks · tax withholding · W-2 · 1099

accounting

ledger

Financial record book

journal entries · debits · credits · auditing · general ledger · trial balance · balance sheet · financials · GAAP · accruals

workforce

employees

Paid staff members

part-time · contractors · hourly workers · salaried · temps · seasonal workers · personnel · labor costs · human resources · hiring

Opposites
payment direction

payrollsrevenues

Income from operations

receivables · accounts receivable · income · sales · invoices

employment status

payrollslayoffs

Mass job eliminations

terminations · dismissals · firings · redundancies · severances

business ledger category

payrollsdividends

Profits paid to shareholders

capital expenditures · overhead · rent · supplies

Phrases
Family

payroll, payrolled, payrolling

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