
Using the term "payroll" to refer to the act of calculating and distributing wages: “Ugh, that’s another eight hours of my life wasted doing payroll.” Using the term "payroll" to refer to the amount paid to employees during a given fiscal period: "Payroll increased 2% this year." Using the term "payroll" to refer to individuals employed by a business: “Tessa is on the payroll.”

Here are some examples of "payroll" used in a sentence: Payroll is a multi-use business term that refers to the people who receive pay from a company, the wages that are paid, or the process of paying employees.
