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
• 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
• But how many people are on the payrolls of the Mexican cartels?
  — Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
• 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
• 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
• And she’s stockpiled enough cash — in five currencies — to cover two months of payroll.
  — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
• This is the latest move by Nats’ ownership to reduce their payroll.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
• The New York baseball teams spent more than $600 million, combined, on their payrolls this season.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2023
• With no money left for the payroll, the board voted this month to lay off the employees and rely instead on volunteers.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023
• 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
• The payroll credit applies to salaries for above-the-line talent, as well as below-the-line crew, which is a rare feature in the production incentive world.
  — Todd Longwell, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023
• Arizona made last year’s Series with a $120-million payroll.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2023
• The Golden Knights still need to trim a little more than $2 million in payroll fat to be cap-compliant by the regular season.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
• The Mets, with the highest payroll in major league history (and a record tax bill to come) went on to lose, 2-0, completing a brutal three-game sweep in Detroit.
  — Benjamin Hoffman, New York Times, 4 May 2023
• May 11: The city reports the controller’s office can resume printing checks to vendors, but there have been no issues with payroll.
  — Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2023
• And don’t forget that salary is just one part of labor costs, in addition to benefits and payroll taxes.
  — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2023
• Golden State’s skyrocketing payroll means that both Green and Thompson would likely have to take pay cuts to stick around long-term.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 May 2023
• While Kwong stays on county payroll, the three physicians say they’ve been punished for complaining about his conduct.
  — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• One bit of advice for whoever gets offered the job: Get a five-year contract and an ironclad commitment to increase the payroll.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
• In? The employee contributions are due by the final payroll of the calendar year.
  — David Rae, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• So with its current payroll, the Heat would likely lack the ability to re-sign Martin and avoid the second apron if Martin commands a contract in the $10 million per year range.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024
• It was designed to provide an incentive for employers to keep their employees on the payroll, even if they ...
  — Daniel J. Pilla, National Review, 26 Dec. 2023
• That was a pandemic-era provision to help businesses keep employees on payroll, but has since been found to be rife with fraud.
  — Ken Tran, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024