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payroll

[pey-rohl] / ˈpeɪˌroʊl /




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Cohen quickly took the franchise from middle-of-the-pack spending to breaking payroll records.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Cash payments help businesses understate turnover to stay below the VAT threshold, while cash wages help them avoid payroll taxes.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Bank, Capital One, PNC, TD Bank and BMO—between 2020 and 2023: oil and gas, coal, firearms, private prisons, payday and payroll lending, tobacco, adult entertainment, political-action committees, and digital assets.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Each employer’s payroll system withholds taxes based only on the wages it pays you and does not account for your other income.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

Her father explained the loans, the payments, the billing, and the payroll.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Bank of America’s own data, based on customer deposits, points to better jobs-market growth than either the Bureau of Labor Statistics or payrolls processor ADP is reporting.

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

Nonfarm payrolls for June are due at 8:30 a.m., with growth of 115,000 jobs expected.

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

—The dollar edged lower ahead of the U.S. nonfarm payrolls report.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

The overhaul eliminated restrictions that prevented businesses from having more than 100 employees on their payrolls.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

We had enormous orders and little money, and had great difficulty to meet our payrolls and buy supplies.

From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis




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