different between payroll vs enlist

English

Etymology

pay +? roll

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pe????l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?pe??o?l/

Noun

payroll (plural payrolls)

1. A list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each.
2. The total sum of money paid to employees.
3. (accounting) The calculation of salaries and wages and the deduction of taxes etc.; the department in a company responsible for this.
4. (euphemistic) Bribes paid to people

Synonyms

• (list): paysheet

Related terms

• payslip
• payroll vote

Translations

Verb

payroll (third-person singular simple present payrolls, present participle payrolling, simple past and past participle payrolled)

1. (transitive) To place on a payroll.
   • 1985, The Code of Federal regulations of the United States of America (page 37)

     Grantees may elect to payroll the enrollees through their own payroll system if the payroll system is consistent with regulations contained herein.

Anagrams

• polarly

English

Etymology

en- +? list

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?l?st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Verb

enlist (third-person singular simple present enlists, present participle enlisting, simple past and past participle enlisted)

1. (transitive) To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
2. (intransitive) To join a cause or organization, especially military service.

3. (transitive) To recruit the aid or membership of others.

4. (transitive) To secure; to obtain.

Synonyms

• (enter on a list): enscroll; see also Thesaurus:enlist

Translations

Noun

enlist (plural enlists)

1. One who is enlisted, usually in a military service.
   • 2006, USA International Business Publications, Taiwan National Security And Defense Law And Regulations Handbook

     […] 19.17% are enlisted officers (including cadets and midshipmen with BA degrees and associate degrees, officers Designated Military Occupational Specialty, the enlists converting into conscripts], officers from ROTCs) ; 0.31% are conscripted […]

Anagrams

• ELINTs, SILENT, Teslin, inlets, leints, listen, silent, tinsel