Examples of payroll in a Sentence
Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
Antoni only looks at federal income taxes and ignores payroll and sales taxes that poorer people disproportionately pay.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
Jerry Reinsdorf’s budgeting has influenced a payroll of $123.8 million, down from $181.2 million in 2023.
—Phil Rogers, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Even a generally reliable Trump defender such as Kayleigh McEnany, among a handful of former administration officials like Mike Pompeo now on Fox News' payroll, has been criticized by her ex-boss as being insufficiently loyal.
—David Bauder, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
Mikolas, incidentally, will make $16 million this year on a team that will rank in the top 10 in payroll, so the Dodgers aren’t the only bunch with a checkbook.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
Experts were already on the payroll and contractually obligated to travel to the studio.
—John Koblin, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
While payroll also caught some of the alcohol purchases Zerpa tried to expense during the LULAC trip, records show one flew under the radar: a bottle of Ron Barcelo Anejo Rum.
—Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2024
It’s seen a gradual, orderly slowdown from the red-hot pace in 2021, when the labor market ascended from pandemic depths, but unemployment remains low and payroll growth is still humming along.
—Bryan Mena, CNN, 24 Mar. 2024
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1740, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Payroll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/payroll. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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