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be on the payroll
She has been on the payroll for five years.
她已经在工资名单上五年了。
工资名单
payrolls — plural of payroll
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工资名单
a list of employees and their salaries
She has been on the payroll for five years.
她已经在工资名单上五年了。
领取工资或薪水的员工名单及其应得金额。
A list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each.
支付给员工的总金额。
The total sum of money paid to employees.
工资和薪水的计算及税款等的扣除；公司中负责此事的部门。
The calculation of salaries and wages and the deduction of taxes etc.; the department in a company responsible for this.
The company's payroll department processes salaries every month.
公司的工资部门每月处理薪水。
She is responsible for managing the payroll for over 200 employees.
她负责管理200多名员工的工资发放。
Please double-check the payroll for any errors before the end of the week.
请在周末前仔细检查工资名单是否有任何错误。
She has been on the payroll for five years.
她已经在工资名单上五年了。
payroll 作定语修饰名词，表示与工资单相关的。
The payroll department processes salaries monthly.
工资部门每月处理薪资。
The company added 20 new employees to the payroll.
公司把20名新员工加入了工资名单。
Not this
My payroll is $3000 per month.
Use this
My salary is $3000 per month.
Payroll指工资单或工资总额，个人工资应用salary或wage。
Not this
He is in the payroll of the company.
Use this
He is on the payroll of the company.
固定搭配为'on the payroll'表示受雇，而非'in the payroll'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
在工资名单上
She has been on the payroll for over ten years.
她在工资名单上已经超过十年了。
工资税
The company must withhold payroll tax from employees' salaries.
公司必须从员工工资中预扣工资税。
工资部门
The payroll department processes all employee payments.
工资部门处理所有员工的薪资发放。
工资系统
We need to upgrade our payroll system to improve efficiency.
我们需要升级工资系统以提高效率。
在工资单上（指受雇于某公司或组织）
She has been on the payroll for 10 years.
她已在该公司工作了10年。
从工资单上除名（指被解雇或离职）
After the merger, many employees were taken off the payroll.
合并后，许多员工被解雇。
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把'pay'和'roll'拼在一起，就是发工资的名单。
语域：neutral 常见场景：business、human resources、accounting Payroll 通常用于工作场景，如企业人事或财务部门，比较正式但不属于学术或法律用语。
The first five words (roll, control, scroll, stroll, troll) share the same /roʊl/ ending as 'payroll' and are genuine rhymes. However, 'pail' (/peɪl/) looks similar (starts with 'p' and ends with 'l') but sounds different: its vowel is /eɪ/ instead of /oʊ/. Also beware of lookalikes like 'pay' (/peɪ/) which lacks the final /l/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.