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
  • The need to refill inventories and build up stronger strategic reserves of oil may also boost demand.
    — Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The moment a trend is approved, the system scans regional mill inventories to identify available stock fabric instantly, cutting days out of traditional sampling cycles.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of inventories
Noun
  • Equity indices are near highs, credit spreads are tight, and the consensus economic forecast still describes a soft landing that has already landed.
    — Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • After a 20% rally year-to-date that's ahead of both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100, Russell 2000 volatility declined the most among the benchmark indexes last week to below 17, a 2nd percentile low in the past five years, according to Cboe.
    — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of indexes
Noun
  • Start with referrals, direct research, and credentialed directories.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Many users found pages through Yahoo-style directories, bookmarks, newsgroups, email signatures, and links from site to site because the web was still small enough that human organization could compete with machine indexing.
    — Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of directories
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  • Letting Companies Ignore Shareholder Proposals Shareholder proposals brought to a company’s board for potential inclusion on agendas of annual meetings is another long-standing activity.
    — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Orange’s board chair has most of the same duties as other board members but has the power to set agendas and break tie votes on the eight-member board.
    — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of agendas
Noun
  • Rodriguez was appointed after Republican senators held the seat open for three years, causing backed up court dockets, some experts said.
    — Julia Coin July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
  • Each posted a $25,000 bond, and both dockets reference electronic-monitoring or house-arrest agreements.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of dockets
Noun
  • Bruno Mars, one of the biggest pop stars of all time – who has also become hugely successful on hip-hop and especially R&B rosters in the United States – passes Lamar’s Grammy-winning smash with one of the top hits of 2026.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Petitti’s selling point on 24 has been increased access to the postseason, as schools spend greater sums on rosters.
    — Chris Vannini, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of rosters
Noun
  • When other projects like compilations, live recordings and alternate releases are also taken into consideration, Little Miss Twain ties as Twain’s second-lowest-peaking title on the Billboard 200.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The nine compilations drew 641 million viewing minutes, while the full series had 872 million.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 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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