payrollPronunciation: /ˈpeɪrəʊl/Translate payroll | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of payroll noun a list of a company’s employees and the amount of money they are to be paid:there are just three employees on the payroll the total amount of wages paid by a company:small employers with a payroll of less than £45,000payroll in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of payroll in the US English dictionary