Antonyms for payroll


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pey-rohl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpeɪˌroʊl


Definition of payroll

Origin :
  • 1740, from pay (v.) + roll (n.); "total amount paid to employees over a period," hence, via records-keeping, "list of employees receiving pay."
  • As in salary : noun money paid for work done
  • As in expense : noun cost, payment
Example sentences :
  • I ain't on your payroll and so I can speak out free and independent.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • This will save you $4.00 on that particular part of your payroll.
  • Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter
  • And not a man or a woman was docked or dropped from the payroll.
  • Extract from : « The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado » by Logan Marshall
  • Khouzhik promptly placed all of them on the payroll of his Management.
  • Extract from : « A Slave is a Slave » by Henry Beam Piper
  • Little things like bein' on the payroll or not wa'n't botherin' him then.
  • Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford
  • Why, he must have been on the payroll before some of them young sports was born.
  • Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
  • Since it looked more vigorous with each passing hour, I saw myself on the payroll of the Intelligencer for a long time to come.
  • Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
  • He was on the payroll before the president got over his daze.
  • Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch
  • "I found Mr. Murphy's payroll in his tent," Charley observed.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Chums in the Florida Jungle » by Wilmer M. Ely
  • Your checks are ready, and I'll give them to you as soon as you sign the payroll.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Chums in the Florida Jungle » by Wilmer M. Ely

Synonyms for payroll

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