Things had gotten so bad the company was about to sell off furniture to make payroll.

Ms. Lang, we can't even make payroll for this month.

Many times we made payroll at the very last minute.

Every time you make payroll, people can go on living their lives.

After that, it's very tenuous as to whether we'll be able to make payroll next week.

I missed making payroll for the first time just before Christmas 1988.

In the old days I had to be worried about making payroll.

Debts piled up, and it was a struggle to make payroll for even a small staff.

One day, I told the employees that making payroll for the week was going to take a miracle.