To hand out paychecks or pay wages to employees.

The group of people who live on a fixed salary or wage; the white-collar working class. Also known as [[受薪阶级|受薪階級|shou4 xin1 jie1 ji2]] or in mainland China as [[工薪阶层|工薪階層|gong1 xin1 jie1 ceng2]].