checkoff

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noun

The collection of union dues or other fees from employees via deductions from their wages.

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Meanings

nouncheckoff (countable and uncountable, plural checkoffs)

plural checkoffs

  1. UScountableuncountableThe collection of union dues or other fees from employees via deductions from their wages.

    Frye can help Seattles defense recognize formations, checkoffs and tendencies.

    2007 November 4, The Associated Press, “Early Trade Turned Browns Season Around”, in New York Times
  2. UScountableuncountableThe optional allocation of part of a citizen's income tax towards the presidential election campaign fund.
  3. UScountableuncountableA tax on sales of agricultural goods in order to finance a generic commodity marketing program.

Origin

Deverbal from check off.

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APA

checkoff. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/checkoff

MLA

“checkoff.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/checkoff. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “checkoff,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/checkoff.

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