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check⋅off

  [chek-awf, -of]
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–noun
1. the collection of union dues by employers through compulsory deduction from each worker's wages.
2. a voluntary contribution from one's income tax for a specific purpose, as the public financing of election campaigns, made by checking off the appropriate box on a tax return.
3. Football. audible (def. 2).
Origin:
1910–15, Americanism; n. use of v. phrase check off
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au⋅di⋅ble

  [aw-duh-buhl]
–adjective
1. capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard.
–noun
2. Also called automatic, checkoff. Football. a play called at the line of scrimmage to supersede the play originally agreed upon as the result of a change in strategy.
Origin:
1520–30; < LL audībilis, equiv. to L audī(re) to hear + -bilis -ble

Related forms:
au⋅di⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, au⋅di⋅ble⋅ness, noun
au⋅di⋅bly, adverb
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check·off   (chěk'ôf', -ŏf')   
n.  Collection of dues from members of a union by authorized deduction from their wages.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: check·off
Function: noun
1 : the deduction of union dues from a worker's paycheck by the employer
2 : designation on an income tax return of a small amount of money to be applied to a special fund (as for campaign financing)
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: au·di·ble
Pronunciation: 'od-&-b&l
Function: adjective
: heard or capable of being heard —au·di·bil·i·ty /"od-&-'bil-&t-E/ noun plural -ties
—au·di·bly /'od-&-blE/ adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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