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[[Pay period]] (alternatively known as [[payroll period]]; hereinafter, the ''Period'') is a length of time used by an employer to calculate the amount of an employee's earnings. Pay periods can be daily, weekly, biweekly (once every 2 weeks), semimonthly (twice each month), monthly, quarterly, or annually.
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[[Pay period]] (alternatively known as [[payroll period]]; hereinafter, the ''Period'') is a length of time used by an employer to calculate the amount of an employee's [[earnings]]. Pay periods can be daily, weekly, biweekly (once every 2 weeks), semimonthly (twice each month), monthly, quarterly, or annually.
  
  
 
==Definitions==
 
==Definitions==
 
According to [[College Accounting: A Practical Approach by Slater (13th edition)‎]],
 
According to [[College Accounting: A Practical Approach by Slater (13th edition)‎]],
:[[Pay period]] ([[payroll period]]). A length of time used by an employer to calculate the amount of an employee's earnings. Pay periods can be daily, weekly, biweekly (once every 2 weeks), semimonthly (twice each month), monthly, quarterly, or annually.
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:[[Pay period]] ([[payroll period]]). A length of time used by an employer to calculate the amount of an employee's [[earnings]]. Pay periods can be daily, weekly, biweekly (once every 2 weeks), semimonthly (twice each month), monthly, quarterly, or annually.
  
 
==Related concepts==
 
==Related concepts==
 
*[[Accounting]] (alternatively known as [[accountancy]]) is management of [[financial data]], information, and knowledge about [[financial transaction]]s of [[legal entity|legal entiti]]es. [[Accountancy]] tends to include [[bookkeeping]] and, depending on a particilar enterprise, may also include [[quatitative analysis]] of [[financial data]] in the [[bookkeeping system]] and/or [[business intelligence]].
 
*[[Accounting]] (alternatively known as [[accountancy]]) is management of [[financial data]], information, and knowledge about [[financial transaction]]s of [[legal entity|legal entiti]]es. [[Accountancy]] tends to include [[bookkeeping]] and, depending on a particilar enterprise, may also include [[quatitative analysis]] of [[financial data]] in the [[bookkeeping system]] and/or [[business intelligence]].
  
==Related coursework==
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==Related lectures==
 
*[[Principles of Accounting]].  
 
*[[Principles of Accounting]].  
  
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Latest revision as of 03:24, 9 November 2019

Pay period (alternatively known as payroll period; hereinafter, the Period) is a length of time used by an employer to calculate the amount of an employee's earnings. Pay periods can be daily, weekly, biweekly (once every 2 weeks), semimonthly (twice each month), monthly, quarterly, or annually.


Definitions

According to College Accounting: A Practical Approach by Slater (13th edition)‎,

Pay period (payroll period). A length of time used by an employer to calculate the amount of an employee's earnings. Pay periods can be daily, weekly, biweekly (once every 2 weeks), semimonthly (twice each month), monthly, quarterly, or annually.

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