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payroll

[pay-rohl] / ˈpeɪˌroʊl /




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Prosecutors alleged in the complaint that the applications included false and fraudulent statements such as the number of employees and average monthly payroll.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

They are disappearing because AI is expensive, and payroll is the one big cost a CEO can cut by Friday.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

Their pension systems are mostly pay-as-you-go, meaning that benefits are funded directly by payroll taxes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

The funders withdraw money directly from company bank accounts, daily or weekly, even if that leaves firms short of funds for payroll, inventory or other operating expenses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The expense of fending off Harvard awakened the University of California regents to the presence of a prodigy on their payroll.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

This suggests that if the jobs report doesn’t show a spike in unemployment or an unexpected drop in payrolls, the market’s view of the Fed’s policy path is unlikely to change much.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

For the October report, analysts forecast nonfarm payrolls to grow by 65,000, up from 29,000 in September, with the unemployment rate unchanged at 4.2%.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Instead, the worst thing has happened: A couple of crafty, thrifty, well-run teams with low payrolls but dynamo management knocked out the spenders to reach the big show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Three playoff teams — the Tampa Bay Rays, Cleveland Guardians and Chicago White Sox — rank among the six lowest payrolls, according to MLB present-day salary calculations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Social security taxes based on payrolls have been the third major source.

From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Violeta D. Baluyut


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