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Flowersa Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Remain on a payroll?
What is "remain on a payroll"?
"Even as Penn remained on Lieberman’s payroll, Clinton dispatched him to do a hush-hush poll of voters in Iowa"
"Even as Penn remained on Lieberman’s payroll, Clinton dispatched him to do a hush-hush poll of voters in Iowa"
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Hi, Penn continued to be one of Lieberman's employees. Clive
- Hi, Penn continued to be one of Lieberman's employees.
- Clive
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In this sense, it means "employed by".
"Even as Penn remained employed by Lieberman, Clinton dispatched him to do a hush-hush poll of voters in Iowa"
"Even as Penn remained employed by Lieberman, Clinton dispatched him to do a hush-hush poll of voters in Iowa"
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To be on someone's payroll means that they are being paid by them for their work. It is somewhat informal.
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Dispatch
verb. To send off to a destination or for a purpose: He dispatched messages back to base [with object and infinitive]: The government dispatched 150 police to restore order.
http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/dispatch?q=dispatch
verb. To send off to a destination or for a purpose: He dispatched messages back to base [with object and infinitive]: The government dispatched 150 police to restore order.
http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/dispatch?q=dispatch
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