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check-off
check-off n. 
/ˈtʃɛkˌɑf/ (also check-off system) (see quot. 1923).
Brit. /ˈtʃɛkɒf/
, /ˈtʃɛkɒf/U.S. /ˈtʃɛkˌɔf/
, /ˈtʃɛkˌɔf//ˈtʃɛkˌɑf/ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > membership fees > system of union fees
check-off1911
1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 27 Apr. 1/4 The management..has refused the local union a continuance of the ‘check-off’, which has been in force heretofore.
1922 Tom Mooney's Monthly (San Francisco) Nov. 4/4 The miners were on strike against a cut in wages [and] abolition of the ‘check-off’ system.
1923 J. D. Hackett Labor Terms in Managem. Engin. May Check-Off System, a system whereby initiation fees, fines, and dues of union employees are deducted from their wages by the employer and periodically remitted to the district union organization.
1965 Times 21 May 15/2 The deduction of union dues from pay by employers—the ‘check~off’ as the Americans term it.
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