"For the first time in my life I thought we would not be able to meet our payroll."

At times, he found it difficult even to meet payroll.

Suddenly, it had no money to meet its payroll or support summer arts programs for children.

But the group is not in debt and can meet its payroll.

There just wasn't any money left, and the railroad couldn't meet its payroll.

Companies who can't meet our payroll are, to my mind, dead in 24 hours.

This forced the school to take up collections to meet its payroll.

West Virginia met its payroll today but was left with just $3.87 million in the bank afterward, state finance officials said.

The $13.3 million in taxes paid on his estate enabled the state to meet its payroll.

The hospital failed to meet the next month's payroll.