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PAYROLL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The department that determines the amounts of wage or salary due to each employee

Synonyms:

payroll; payroll department

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("payroll" is a kind of...):

department; section (a specialized division of a large organization)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A list of employees and their salaries

Example:

the company had a long payroll

Synonyms:

payroll; paysheet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("payroll" is a kind of...):

register (a book in which names and transactions are listed)

Meronyms (parts of "payroll"):

earnings; pay; remuneration; salary; wage (something that remunerates)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The total amount of money paid in wages

Example:

the company had a large payroll

Synonyms:

payroll; paysheet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("payroll" is a kind of...):

amount; amount of money; sum; sum of money (a quantity of money)

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