She's in charge of the company's 'payroll' department. [=the department that is responsible for paying employees]
Businesses are keeping their 'payrolls' low by embracing new technologies.
He's the manager of a baseball team with a $50 million 'payroll'.
(..) That deficit is larger than the entire federal budget in . ...we will pay in interest this year on the national debt. ...our federal government payroll was less than $ billion. During these years, our population has only increased by . percent... Man, I got two questions for you: What do you do? (..)2006 The Pursuit of Happyness