checkoff
Americannoun
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the collection of union dues by employers through compulsory deduction from each worker's wages.
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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.
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Football. audible.
Etymology
Origin of checkoff
1910–15, noun use of verb phrase check off
Example Sentences
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They also point out that today’s U.S. cattle industry is radically different than it was when the checkoff program was put into place, with more imported beef and greater meatpacker concentration.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2021
The petition has created a schism in the livestock industry between those who support the checkoff and those who don’t.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2021
Joe Maxwell, a hog and hay farmer in Missouri and sharp critic of the mandatory checkoff fees, said the high salaries might be warranted for a successful ad campaign.
From Fox News • Dec. 6, 2019
There has been federal public financing of presidential elections since 1976, funded by a voluntary checkoff on income tax returns.
From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2019
He hurriedly read through the landing checkoff list, then started in.
From The Scarlet Lake Mystery by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
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