payrolled

pay·roll

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Definitions of payrolled word

noun payrolled a list of employees to be paid, with the amount due to each. 1
noun payrolled the sum total of these amounts. 1
noun payrolled the actual money on hand for distribution: The bandits got away with the payroll. 1
noun payrolled the total number of people employed by a business firm or organization. 1
verb with object payrolled to fund or subsidize: to be payrolled by the State Department. 1

before 1765

One of the 46% newest English words

First recorded in 1765-75; pay1 + roll

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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