payroll
gb/pˈeɪɹˌoʊl/ us/pˈeɪɹˌoʊl/
B2
Englisch
~ 7100
Bedeutungen
0 Bedeutungen
Nomen
B2
entity
1
official list of employees' pay
A list or record that shows all the workers in a company and how much money they are paid.
Verwendungsmuster:
the payroll of [company] / [company]'s payroll
Häufiger Fehler:
Learners sometimes think "payroll" means the money one person receives (like "salary" or "paycheck"). In this sense, it is not one person’s money but the company’s official list or record of all employees and their pay details.
Synonyme
employee roster (Focuses more on the list of people, without specifically emphasizing pay details.)
Antonyme
unemployment register (A record of people not working, as opposed to a payroll, which lists people currently employed and being paid.)
Wortverbindungen
process payroll
|run payroll
|payroll system
|payroll department
|payroll software
|payroll records
Themen
business
|work
|finance
|employment
Beispiele
- The new HR manager spent the week checking the payroll for errors.
- All staff must be entered into the payroll before they receive their first salary.
- The auditors asked to see last year’s payroll records.
- We use cloud-based software to manage our payroll.
- Outdated payroll data can cause serious problems with employee pay.
Beispiele für Lernende
- The company keeps all worker names in its payroll.
- She works in the office and takes care of the payroll.
- They found a mistake in the payroll and fixed it.
- New employees are added to the payroll on Friday.
- He checked the payroll to see if her name was there.
Nomen
B2
quantity
2
total wages a company pays
All the money a company must pay its workers for one week, month, or other pay time.
Verwendungsmuster:
the payroll for [time period]
Häufiger Fehler:
Learners sometimes confuse this sense with "profit" or "turnover". "Payroll" here is only the money paid to employees, not all company costs or all money the company makes.
Synonyme
wage bill (Common in British English; stresses the total cost of wages to the employer.)
Antonyme
revenue (Refers to money coming into the company, while payroll (in this sense) is money going out to employees.)
Wortverbindungen
monthly payroll
|annual payroll
|payroll costs
|payroll expenses
|payroll budget
|payroll burden
Themen
business
|finance
|work
|employment
Beispiele
- Their monthly payroll is now over two million dollars.
- Rising payroll costs are putting pressure on small businesses.
- The company cut its payroll by closing two factories.
- We need to reduce our payroll to stay profitable.
- Healthcare benefits add significantly to the overall payroll.
Beispiele für Lernende
- The restaurant has a high payroll for such a small place.
- Our payroll is bigger this year because we hired more staff.
- The boss wants to lower the payroll next year.
- Sales went down, but the payroll stayed the same.
- The bank gave them a loan to help cover payroll.
Nomen
B2
entity
3
employees on a company’s books
All the people who work for a company and are paid by that company.
Verwendungsmuster:
[number] people on the payroll
Häufiger Fehler:
Learners sometimes think "payroll" in this sense means any group of people who work together. It specifically means the people who are officially employed by an organization and paid through its system, not volunteers or outside workers.
Synonyme
staff (A more general term for employees; does not directly highlight the idea of being formally in the payment system.)
Antonyme
contractors (Workers who are not usually on the company’s payroll but are paid through separate contracts.)
Wortverbindungen
on the payroll
|add to the payroll
|remove from the payroll
|government payroll
|company payroll
|public payroll
Themen
work
|business
|employment
Beispiele
- The company has more than 500 people on its payroll.
- Several part-time workers were added to the payroll before the holiday season.
- After the cuts, only essential staff remained on the payroll.
- He stayed on the payroll as a consultant after retiring.
- Journalists discovered that several family members were secretly on the city’s payroll.
Beispiele für Lernende
- The firm has fifty workers on its payroll.
- She is no longer on the payroll after last month.
- They will put him on the payroll next week.
- Only full-time staff are on the payroll.
- Many teachers are on the state payroll.
Grammatik
Grundform
payroll
IPA
GB/pˈeɪɹˌoʊl/
US/pˈeɪɹˌoʊl/
Silben & Betonung
payroll (1 Silbe)
Stress on 1st syllable (payroll)
Wortformen
Noun
- Base: payroll
- Plural: payrolls
Wortfamilie
Ausdrücke
make payroll
1/mˈeɪk pˈeɪɹˌoʊl/
fixed phrase
successfully pay all employees
To succeed in getting enough money to pay all workers for that pay time.
Beispiele
- We just managed to make payroll this week.
- If we don’t close this deal, we won’t make payroll.
- The new contract will help the company make payroll through the winter.
meet payroll
1/mˈit pˈeɪɹˌoʊl/
fixed phrase
have funds to pay employees
To have enough money to pay all workers their wages for that pay time.
Beispiele
- The owner had to take out a loan just to meet payroll.
- If sales don’t improve, we may not be able to meet payroll next month.
- Many small businesses struggle to meet payroll during slow seasons.
off the payroll
1/ˈɔf ðə pˈeɪɹˌoʊl/
fixed phrase
no longer employed and paid
Not working for a company anymore, so the company does not pay you as an employee.
Beispiele
- He’ll be off the payroll at the end of the month.
- Several temporary workers were taken off the payroll after the project ended.
- Once you’re off the payroll, your company health insurance stops.
on the payroll
1/ˈɔn ðə pˈeɪɹˌoʊl/
fixed phrase
officially employed and paid
Working for a company and getting regular pay from it as an official employee.
Beispiele
- She’s not on the payroll anymore; she left last month.
- We have over three hundred people on the payroll worldwide.
- The investigation found that several fake workers were on the payroll.