English Explanatory Dictionary

checkoff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The collection of union dues or other fees from employees via deductions from their wages.
  2. The optional allocation of part of a citizen's income tax towards the presidential election campaign fund.
  3. A tax on sales of agricultural goods in order to finance a generic commodity marketing program.

Word forms

checkoff checkoffs

Etymology

Deverbal from check off.

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