automatic checkoff — au‧to‧mat‧ic check‧off [ˌɔːtəmætɪk ˈtʆekɒf ǁ ˌɒːtəmætɪk ˈtʆekɒːf] noun [countable, uncountable] HUMAN RESOURCES in the US, money that is taken off an employee s salary by the employer and sent directly to the union to pay for the employee s union … Financial and business terms
checkoff — UK US /ˈtʃekɒf/ noun [U] US ► MARKETING a system in which producers pay a certain amount of money to an organization for the advertising of the products of their industry in general, rather than of their particular brand: »The national dairy… … Financial and business terms
automatic check-off — UK US noun [C or U] (US HR ► a system in which an employer takes money from an worker s salary to pay for the worker to be a member of a trade union: »The Employer agrees to the automatic check off of all union dues and assessments as a condition … Financial and business terms
dues checkoff — ˌdues ˈcheckoff noun [countable] when dues for membership of a trade union are taken out of people s wages by their employer and paid directly to the union: • Unions can t finance benefit plans with union dues checkoffs. see also automatic… … Financial and business terms
audible — audibility, audibleness, n. audibly, adv. /aw deuh beuhl/, adj. 1. capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard. n. 2. Also called automatic, checkoff. Football. a play called at the line of scrimmage to supersede the pl … Universalium
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
2005 New York City transit strike — A closed entrance to the 45th Street station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The 2005 New York City transit strike was a strike in New York City called by the Transport Workers Union Local 100 (TWU). Negotiations for a new … Wikipedia