Paycheck vs. Payroll — What's the Difference?

A paycheck, also spelled pay check or pay cheque, is traditionally a paper document (a cheque) issued by an employer to pay an employee for services rendered. In recent times, the physical paycheck has been increasingly replaced by electronic direct deposits to the employee's designated bank account or loaded onto a payroll card.

In treasury management, a payroll is the list of employees of some company that is entitled to receive payments as well as other work benefits and the amounts that each should receive. Along with the amounts that each employee should receive for time worked or tasks performed, payroll can also refer to a company's records of payments that were previously made to employees, including salaries and wages, bonuses, and withheld taxes, or the company's department that deals with compensation.

A check issued to an employee in payment of salary or wages.

A list of a company's employees and the amount of money they are to be paid

Salary or wages

A list of employees receiving wages or salaries, with the amounts due to each.

(US) Money received on payday as payment for work performed.

The total sum of money to be paid out to employees at a given time.

A check issued in payment of wages or salary

A list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each.

The total sum of money paid to employees.

(accounting) The calculation of salaries and wages and the deduction of taxes etc.; the department in a company responsible for this.

(euphemistic) Bribes paid to people.

(transitive) To place on a payroll.

A list of employees and their salaries;

The total amount of money paid in wages;

The department that determines the amounts of wage or salary due to each employee