wage bill

noun [C] (also wages bill) FINANCE, HR

Definition

› the total amount that an organization pays its employees during a particular period: The organization has 130 staff and a wage bill of $4.3m.

(Definition of wage bill noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that they are not worth having

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