payroll
n
(a) list of people employed by a company and the amount of money to be paid to each of them (公司员工的)薪水名册
a firm with 500 employees on the payroll, ie one that employs 500 people 有500名雇员的公司.
(b) total amount of wages and salaries to be paid to the employees of a company (公司员工的)薪水总额.