checkoff
the collection of union dues by employers through compulsory deduction from each worker's wages.
a voluntary contribution from one's income tax for a specific purpose, as the public financing of election campaigns, made by checking off the appropriate box on a tax return.
Football. audible (def. 2).
Origin of checkoff
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How to use checkoff in a sentence
A great weakness, while the union still struggled for existence, was the lack of the "check-off."
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States | Selig PerlmanCaptain Donnell had been conducting check-off, making sure all members of the Crew had reported back and were aboard.
Starman's Quest | Robert Silverberg
British Dictionary definitions for check off
to mark with a tick
to deduct (union contributions) directly from an employee's pay
a procedure whereby an employer deducts union contributions directly from an employee's pay and pays the money to the union
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Other Idioms and Phrases with checkoff
Mark as entered, or examined and passed, as in He checked off their names as they arrived. [Early 1800s]
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