🇬🇧 Payroll meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Payroll is the list a business keeps of all the people who work there and how much money it needs to pay them. If a store, school, or company has workers, it has a payroll that shows each person’s name and the amount of money they earn. When payday comes, the business uses the payroll to know who gets paid and how much in total it will spend on everyone’s pay.

Grandpa said if eye-rolling were a job, every teenager would be at the top of the payroll.

The dragon refused to guard the treasure until his name showed up on the castle’s payroll with extra pay for smoke effects.

The superhero team argued because the sidekick had more pizza coupons on the payroll than the main hero.

The magician put his rabbit on the payroll because it did all the disappearing while he just waved his hands.

Some countries actually publish parts of their public payroll so everyone can see what certain jobs get paid—imagine your teacher’s salary being as easy to find as your lunch menu!

The manager spread the payroll on the table. The payroll showed small numbers next to each name. She found the cleaner's name missing on the payroll. She reprinted the payroll, added the name, and set the new payroll on the counter. The cleaner cried, took the payroll, and hugged her.

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