How to Use payroll in a Sentence

payroll

noun

• They cut him from their payroll.
• Businesses are keeping their payrolls low by embracing new technologies.
• He's the manager of a baseball team with a $50 million payroll.
• The Rays' payroll ranks 28th among the 30 major-league teams.
  — Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 14 Apr. 2023
• Nor is the fact that the 49ers’ top-heavy payroll may sway them giving in to Aiyuk.
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
• Putting them on the payroll for their work could help save on taxes.
  — David Rae, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
• Yes, one of the firms involved in it is on Donald Trump’s payroll.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
• Yet the first two months of this season saw the clubs test the depth provided by those huge payrolls.
  — Scott Miller, New York Times, 3 June 2023
• The interest-free loan is aimed at keeping the Dodgers' payroll loose and open for more free agents to come to Chavez Ravine.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2023
• Still, Forst expects the team to be active in free agency and for the team’s payroll to increase.
  — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
• The first is payrolls, which show the economy is still adding jobs, though at a slower clip.
  — Courtenay Brown, Axios, 7 Aug. 2024
• Here's how the Red Sox' payroll projection looks at this point.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2022
• Most of the grants in the past have been solely focused on payroll and other things related to the business, but not the tech.
  — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2022
• This would have no effect on payroll systems that do not pay big bucks.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
• Or, one of your current consulting clients might hire you in-house and put you on their payroll.
  — Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
• But how many people are on the payrolls of the Mexican cartels?
  — Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
• The city often struggled to make payroll and then there were the days that the city could not supply water to the residents.
  — Kerria Weaver, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
• The state divides the payroll jobs numbers into 11 parts.
  — David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 2024
• The teams rank 27th and 28th among MLB player payrolls, according to Spotrac, but have the second- and third-best records in baseball.
  — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2023
• Then the team’s owner, Wayne Huizenga, ordered Dombrowski to rip it all apart and slash payroll ahead of a sale of the team.
  — David Waldstein, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2022
• New payrolls are expected to kick in this month, which marks the beginning of the fiscal year.
  — Michelle Toh, CNN, 12 Apr. 2023
• The Heat essentially locked in this payroll with the Kyle Lowry signing.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2022
• At least one company with ties to the Kennedy family still has Mr. Kennedy on its payroll.
  — Susanne Craig, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• The store had switched from an official payroll system to paper checks from Jones.
  — Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2024
• New York Mets: The owner went out and spent a record $353.5 million on their payroll to achieve nothing more than mediocrity.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 28 May 2023
• The Braves were desperate to strengthen their lineup and found a trade partner in the Padres, who were looking to slash payroll.
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Dec. 2022
• And she’s stockpiled enough cash — in five currencies — to cover two months of payroll.
  — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
• The rebates are based on a percentage of the previous year’s payroll.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 13 Apr. 2023
• The team had the lowest payroll in baseball last season at just over $62 million, $22 million less than the second-lowest Pittsburgh Pirates.
  — Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
• Further postponing the vehicle would only add to the problem because the vehicle’s high payroll costs would just be carried forward.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Jan 2025