By VOA News https://www.voanews.com/usa/us-jobless-rate-rises-while-job-growth-slows #C2+ #IELTS #Reading #VOA #Business 1. Nonfarm (adj) relating to economic activities not associated with farming 2. Payroll (n) (A) a list of people employed by a company showing the amount of money to be paid to each of them We have 500 people on the payroll. Manufacturing payrolls have dropped by 16,000. (B) (usually singular) the total amount paid in wages by a company The firm is growing fast with a montly payroll of $1 million. They have an annual payroll of #23 million. 3. Modest (adj) not very large, expensive, important, etc. modest improvement/reforms He charged a relatively modest fee. a modest little house The research was carried out on a modest scale. The party made modest gains in teh elections, but nothing like the huge gains that were predicted. a modest increase in costs She had saved a modest amount of money. 4. Revise (v) to change sth because of new information or ideas The college ...