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
  • As crude inventories in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve drain toward their operational limits, America is left, armed with just 300 million barrels.
    — Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Missile inventories cannot refill instantly because the underlying network was never built for sudden, sustained high-volume demand.
    — Dennis Mitzner, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of inventories
Noun
  • Stock futures are flat this morning after a positive day for all three major indexes.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • In stock markets around the world, many indexes drifted modestly higher.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of indexes
Noun
  • Because most of the unredacted logs listed only the officers’ initials, reporters spent weeks scouring agencies’ websites, city staff directories, statewide badge registries and news articles to reveal the officers’ identities.
    — Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Agents established mailbox directories for addressing each other by name, then coordination conventions with keywords like HOLD, VETO and STOP for managing shared infrastructure.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of directories
Noun
  • Engelbert has presided over a period of impressive growth, no question, and the real problem rests with outsiders advancing their agendas and chasing their votes.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • And then there are the dozens of examples of rogue cops using Flock cameras for their own personal agendas, such as tracking wives, girlfriends or ex-girlfriends.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of agendas
Noun
  • But most would-be buyers never see these all-important documents, which are scattered across state filings, county safety lists, court dockets and news archives.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of dockets
Noun
  • The new installment will chronicle an entire NFL division during one of the most consequential periods of the football calendar as teams look to build and strengthen their rosters through the NFL Scouting Combine, free agency, and the NFL Draft.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Unrivaled has roughly 95 percent of its Season 3 rosters solidified, including new stars such as Olivia Miles, Gabby Williams and Marine Johannès, who are signed to multiyear deals.
    — Annie Costabile, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of rosters
Noun
  • Some of his highlight compilations and training videos received tens of millions of views.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Sure, Capcom's released a few compilations of the Blue Bomber's spin-off series, like the Mega Man Battle Network Collection, but there hasn't been a new mainline series entry since Mega Man 11 nearly a decade ago.
    — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 26 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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“Payrolls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/payrolls. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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