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checkoff

The English word “checkoff” has 3 meanings listed here.

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.

Etymology

Deverbal from check off.

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