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to checkoff

to checkoff

7.1
To have money taken from an employee's pay for things like union dues
  • verb
  • /ˈtʃɛkˌɔf/
  • Formal
translation icon : autorizar deducción
  • The company agreed to checkoff union dues directly from staff pay each month.

Examples

  • Employees can authorize the payroll department to checkoff charitable donations automatically.

  • Many organizations use a system to checkoff insurance premiums from workers' salaries.

  • They will checkoff the dues from your paycheck.

  • Did you checkoff your union dues this month?

  • The company agreed to checkoff union dues directly from staff pay each month.

  • Employees can authorize the payroll department to checkoff charitable donations automatically.

  • Many organizations use a system to checkoff insurance premiums from workers' salaries.

Surface Forms

checkoff infinitive
checkoffed past
checkoffed past participle
checkoffing present participle
checkoffs third person singular

Morphology

checkoff = check + off (semi-transparent) = check + off

The verb is a use of the phrasal 'check off' with a specialized meaning 'to arrange payroll deduction', which may not be predictable from the literal 'mark as done' sense.

Etymology

Checkoff as a verb comes from the idea of taking money 'off' a paycheck, so to checkoff is to arrange that a small amount is automatically removed from someone's pay.