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payroll

[pey-rohl] / ˈpeɪˌroʊl /




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Note: Inflation-adjusted calculations of dollars spent per win based on opening day payroll and a 162-game pace, all MLB teams since 2000.

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

For a team that will spend almost half a billion dollars on its player payroll and luxury tax this season, its most important trade deadline pickup could be a catcher making maybe $1 million.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

It may also help to automate transfers from one primary account into separate savings accounts, creating a sort of “personal payroll system,” says Nathan Sebesta, a CFP based in Artesia, N.M.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

He opened the trunk of his car, put the papers in a large black metal case of the kind carried by payroll guards, and closed the trunk.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

Hospitals sometimes employ outside provider groups that can be less expensive than putting physicians on their payrolls.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

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

OTTAWA—Canada’s manufacturing sector maintained growth in June, with factory owners increasing their payrolls due to rising production and new orders.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

It had not occurred to me that anything could make the payrolls of these regiments more complicated than at present, or the men more rationally discontented.

From Army Life in a Black Regiment by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth




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