payrolls

noun

plural of payroll
as in inventories

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  1. inventories
  2. indexes
  3. directories
  4. agendas
  5. dockets
  6. rosters
  7. compilations
  8. enumerations
Noun
  • Following the pandemic, many customers dramatically reduced inventories after a period of aggressive purchasing.
    — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 16 July 2026
  • At 210 million barrels, inventories are just 20 million above critical levels, according to Andy Lipow, president of Lipow Oil Associates.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Definition of inventories
Noun
  • Wall Street looked past geopolitical tensions with benchmark indexes rising on Big Tech strength and signs of easing inflation, even as Middle East hostilities escalated.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 July 2026
  • In stock markets abroad, indexes inched higher in Europe following a stronger finish in Asia.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of indexes
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  • The ban won’t cover online encyclopedias, educational or scientific directories, or platforms for the development and sharing of open-source software.
    — Samuel Petrequin, Fortune, 20 July 2026
  • Some places, including North Carolina, Texas and Florida, maintain directories of private schools that name each school’s main contact.
    — Mollie Simon, ProPublica, 16 July 2026
Definition of directories
Noun
  • Other coalition partners have used the moment to advance their own agendas.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • The displays automatically show weekly Board agendas and supplemental items in English, along with rotating displays in Spanish, Tagalog and Mandarin, and include QR codes linking to agenda materials.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 15 July 2026
Definition of agendas
Noun
  • Our courts are underfunded, and our judges have full dockets.
    — Elijah Manley, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026
  • Their dockets did not show plea or attorney information as of Monday afternoon.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
Definition of dockets
Noun
  • This year’s World Cup rosters featured eight players who were older than 40 and the tournament’s leading goal scorer is 39-year-old Lionel Messi.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
  • All-Star Futures Game Rosters The rosters for the All-Star Futures Game have been announced.
    — Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 14 July 2026
Definition of rosters
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  • David Bowie’s Legacy Reaches 500 Weeks As of this period, Bowie's Legacy, one of many compilations released that feature his most popular tracks, has lived on the Official Albums chart for 500 weeks.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • This team will go down as one of the most beloved compilations of talent in the city’s history.
    — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 14 June 2026
Definition of compilations
Noun
  • The drafts were messy, but, in reality, so, too, were the handwritten ones—their own version of chaos with arrows, enumerations, and strikethroughs.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
Definition of enumerations
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