off-the-books
adjective
ACCOUNTINGukusused todescribeapaymentthat is notofficiallyrecorded, so that notaxispaidon it:
Off-the-bookspaymentofwagesincashstillhappensin somesmallbusinesses.
off-the-books
adverb
They werepaidoff-the-books.
off the books
in a way that is notofficiallywritten down in a person's or company'sfinancialrecords:
Theseworkersare gettingpaidincashoff thebooks.
Is hecheatingthewelfareandtaxsystemsbyearningmoney"off thebooks"?
US
removedfrom anofficialrecord,especiallyas alaw:
Civilrightsgroupsworrythat,onceenacted,toughnewlawsmay bedifficultto get off thebooks.
Types of employment
- admin
- administrative
- administrative assistant
- administratively
- at the coalfaceidiom
- jobless
- joblessness
- jobseeker
- labour-intensive
- lackey
- qualified
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- redundancy
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- WFH
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off-the-books| Business English
Examplesofoff the books
off the books
How much corporation tax is he going to get fromoff-the-booksgardeners and window cleaners?
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This measure is above and beyond the budget process and replaced what was regularly anoff-the-bookspractice called the general fixed-asset account group.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.North had also been deeply involved in shaping contra military and political strategy and in off-the-booksschemes to pay for the supply flights and the munitions they carried.
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