Salary vs. Payroll

Salary vs. Payroll — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Salary and Payroll

Salarynoun

A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.

Payrollnoun

A list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each.

Salaryverb

To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.

Payrollnoun

The total sum of money paid to employees.

Salaryadjective

(obsolete) Saline.

Payrollnoun

(accounting) The calculation of salaries and wages and the deduction of taxes etc.; the department in a company responsible for this.

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Salarynoun

something that remunerates;

wages were paid by checkhe wasted his pay on drinkthey saved a quarter of all their earnings

Payrollnoun

(euphemistic) Bribes paid to people

Payrollverb

(transitive) To place on a payroll.

Payrollnoun

a list of employees and their salaries;

the company had a long payroll

Payrollnoun

the total amount of money paid in wages;

the company had a large payroll

Payrollnoun

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

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