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
  • Using a common fighter fleet simplifies logistics by reducing the need for separate maintenance systems, spare parts inventories and specialised training programmes.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 July 2026
  • European allies and Canada scoured their inventories to see what could be offered should one of them come under attack.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
Definition of inventories
Noun
  • The indexes are sitting on healthy gains for the year despite a slight pullback in June.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
  • Shares of fast-rising AI chipmakers have boosted major indexes.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Definition of indexes
Noun
  • Early American coffeehouses would commonly have city business directories, libraries of newspapers and currency exchange information.
    — James Doubek, NPR, 3 July 2026
  • Creators can easily distribute their show to major directories like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, and Pocket Casts On Substack, a new generation of audio and video shows are thriving.
    — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of directories
Noun
  • No one cared about party labels or political agendas, religious agendas or anything else.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Blast the words from sources with agendas, and string out this story for as long as possible.
    — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of agendas
Noun
  • Stafford County records for Conely show her case had been transferred to a different jurisdiction; online dockets for Rappahannock County did not immediately show her court records, including plea and attorney information.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • Courts still must abide by their precedents and these three legal pillars if a lawsuit hits their dockets.
    — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 22 June 2026
Definition of dockets
Noun
  • While Mickey Moniak and Freddy Peralta and Kris Bubic are useful pieces to move, these squads don’t really have the rosters to shake up the deadline by embracing a more aggressive sale.
    — Tim Britton, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • An outsider to the country’s traditions, Hiddink overhauled rosters, training methods, and playing formations to remold the team’s identity and playing style.
    — Michael Morris, Time, 1 July 2026
Definition of rosters
Noun
  • 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
  • The two wealth compilations in these pages—Taiwan’s 50 Richest and Japan’s 50 Richest—are teeming with entrepreneurs who grabbed the AI opportunity and are riding high on that wave.
    — Naazneen Karmali, Forbes.com, 11 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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