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adjective
Date: 1980
not reported or recorded <off-the-books transactions> <off-the-books covert operations> • off the books adverb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
off-the-books
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Off the Books — Single by The Beatnuts featuring Big Punisher Cuban Link from the album Stone Crazy … Wikipedia
off-the-books — ˌoff the ˈbooks adjective [only before a noun] ACCOUNTING off the books payments are those made or received without being officially recorded, so that the tax authorities do not know about them: • Officials used to give off the books bonuses to… … Financial and business terms
off the books — ˌoff the ˈbooks adjective [only before a noun] ACCOUNTING off the books payments are those made or received without being officially recorded, so that the tax authorities do not know about them: • Officials used to give off the books bonuses to… … Financial and business terms
off-the-books — off′ the books′ adj. ecn not recorded in account books or not reported as taxable income: off the books payments[/ex] • Etymology: 1960–65 … From formal English to slang
off the books — Book Book (b[oo^]k), n. [OE. book, bok, AS. b[=o]c; akin to Goth. b[=o]ka a letter, in pl. book, writing, Icel. b[=o]k, Sw. bok, Dan. bog, OS. b[=o]k, D. boek, OHG. puoh, G. buch; and fr. AS. b[=o]c, b[=e]ce, beech; because the ancient Saxons and … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
off the books — without being included on official financial records. Waiters, cashiers, and busboys often work off the books, getting paid in cash. Usage notes: sometimes used with keep or take: Officials have kept their expenses off the books … New idioms dictionary
off the books — adverb see off the books … New Collegiate Dictionary
off the books — adjective Undeclared for tax and social insurance etc. His company was fined for paying staff off the books … Wiktionary
off-the-books — Cash or barter; Business done without records to avoid taxation. ► “So many Spaniards do off the book jobs that they’ve adopted a word for it, chapuza, which literally means slipshod.” (Wall Street Journal, Nov. 30, 1995, p. A14) … American business jargon
off-the-books — /awf dheuh books , of /, adj. not recorded in account books or not reported as taxable income. * * * … Universalium
