21.   So far, so good, but what does all this have to do with meeting a payroll?

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

23.   That and the fact that his team was having problems meeting its payroll, a direct effect of the Middle East unrest, were more than he could handle.

24.   The company has been able to meet its payroll and pay utility bills, he said.

25.   The company had to take out a bank loan to meet the payroll.

26.   The league actually met several payrolls before the team landed in bankruptcy court.

27.   The money was sometimes used to meet payrolls in hopes of keeping a failing enterprise alive.

28.   The local officials themselves are in a bind, since towns and counties are required to finance services through local taxes and many local governments cannot meet their payrolls.

29.   The poor businessman already has enough problems trying to meet a payroll.