What is the difference between salary and payroll?
salary | payroll |
A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually measured on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.
* Shakespeare
* 1668 July 3rd, , “Thomas Rue contra'' Andrew Hou?toun” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683),
To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.
A list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each.
The total sum of money paid to employees.
(computing) The series of accounting transactions that ensure that employees are paid correctly, and that all taxes etc are properly deducted; the department in a company responsible for it.
(euphemistic) Bribes paid to people
To place on a payroll.
* 1985 , The Code of Federal regulations of the United States of America (page 37)
As nouns the difference between salary and payroll
is that salary is a fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually measured on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy while payroll is a list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each.As verbs the difference between salary and payroll
is that salary is to pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation while payroll is to place on a payroll.As an adjective salary
is saline.salary
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(salaries)- This is hire and salary , not revenge.
page 547
- Andrew Hou?toun'' and ''Adam Mu?het'', being Tack?men of the Excize, did Imploy ''Thomas Rue'' to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound ''Sterling for a year.
See also
* pay * remuneration * wage * wagesVerb
External links
* (wikipedia)payroll
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Noun
(en noun)- 1957': ''I know that the deal started with the boys in Santiago, because they've been on the d'Anconia '''pay roll for centuries — well, no, 'pay roll' is an honorable word, it would be more exact to say that d'Anconia Copper has been paying them protection money for centuries — isn't that what your gangsters call it?'' - Francisco dAnconia, ''.
- 1972': ''We can spread a rumor this cop was dirty. Look, Tom, we have newspaper people on the '''payroll , don't we? - Michael Corleone, .
Verb
(en verb)- Grantees may elect to payroll the enrollees through their own payroll system if the payroll system is consistent with regulations contained herein.