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payroll

[pay-rohl] / ˈpeɪˌroʊl /




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"The number of workers on payroll remains slightly down over the same period, though data for the most recent month suggests that might be starting to level off," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

It also found employee discipline records, a worker’s criminal-history report, contractor payroll data, tax forms and passports.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

These are some of the creative solutions that are on the table, beyond raising payroll taxes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The American League has thrown up an even more extreme case in the Tampa Bay Rays, who have the 27th payroll in the majors and are making small ball cool again.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 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

Warsh’s only real reference to the data that’s come in between the last meeting and now — cooling payrolls growth, hotter-than-forecast consumer and producer prices — that it was more or less what he expected.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 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

Economists in a WSJ survey had expected an 84,000 increase in payrolls and the unemployment rate to remain steady at 4.1%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Investors in Asia followed the positive lead from their colleagues on Wall Street, where all three main indexes spiked in reaction to the highly anticipated non-farm payrolls data.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Coextensively, he had the dissatisfaction of seeing Palmer's industries grow until eventually three hundred and fifty men were upon his payrolls and even his foremen and superintendents were considered influential townspeople.

From Twelve Men by Theodore Dreiser


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