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- noun Plural form of
payroll .
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Examples
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For jobs, the political resistance to putting the jobless on public payrolls is severe, hence Mr. Obama's proposal to increase infrastructure spending and Washington's flirtation with a payroll-tax holiday.
U.S. economy needs tonic, not talk David Wessel 2010
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Public investment that directly puts people on payrolls is the only thing that will help.
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If it means that the inflationary effect to the economy outstrips cost of living adjustments in payrolls, then many Canadians will simply be “greened” into unemployment and extreme poverty.
"A New Tax Sounds Like A Liberal Idea To Me" « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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The overall decline in payrolls in February is the second straight monthly drop, which rarely happens outside recessions.
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The drop in payrolls was less severe than expected, but businesses and employees continued to feel the effects of a widespread downturn.
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If it means that the inflationary effect to the economy outstrips cost of living adjustments in payrolls, then many Canadians will simply be “greened” into unemployment and extreme poverty.
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Today's report on payrolls is disappointing but not nearly as bad as many are making it out to be.
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Sortable salaries: Check out all of the NBA player salaries and team payrolls from the 2001-02 season to the present
USATODAY.com - Bringing new meaning to most 'valuable' players 2005
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They're both still here, but their payrolls are a tiny fraction of their former size, and local family-run farms don't bring in enough money to keep their owners in full-time work, let alone anyone else.
For a generation of young Poles, travelling abroad is still often the only option 2011
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Mr. Schenker said oil traders are also placing bets ahead of Friday ' s report on November nonfarm payrolls, which is expected to show another month of jobs growth.
Oil Climbs to Two-Year High, $88 a Barrel Jerry A. DiColo 2010
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