payroll
/ˈpeɪɹəʊl/noun
The complete record of a company's employees and the wages owed to each of them.
Example sentences
- “The startup now has over fifty people on its payroll.”
- “The accountant checks the payroll before salaries go out each month.”
'On the payroll' just means employed, though critics use it with a whiff of corruption: 'he's on their payroll'.