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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not reported or accounted for as required by law, especially in order to avoid the payment of taxes.
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- adjective Alternative spelling of
off the books .
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Examples
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And if we further expand the experimental system while we have a workforce where one in 20 workers is here illegally, we create a huge incentive to move employees from the on-the-books payroll that is fully taxed to an off-the-books or under-the-table arrangement.
Rep. Luis Gutierrez: Proud to Support the Rule of Law and Immigration, Too Rep. Luis Gutierrez 2010
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And if we further expand the experimental system while we have a workforce where one in 20 workers is here illegally, we create a huge incentive to move employees from the on-the-books payroll that is fully taxed to an off-the-books or under-the-table arrangement.
Rep. Luis Gutierrez: Proud to Support the Rule of Law and Immigration, Too Rep. Luis Gutierrez 2010
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Naturally, Covert Affairs continues to drag out the Annie-Ben saga when Arthur reinitiates the rogue agent into off-the-books CIA work — which is what he wants — but with the caveat that he can't see Annie.
Top Moments: Bachelorette's Bad Boy, a Weird Weiner and The World According to Palin 2011
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And if we further expand the experimental system while we have a workforce where one in 20 workers is here illegally, we create a huge incentive to move employees from the on-the-books payroll that is fully taxed to an off-the-books or under-the-table arrangement.
Rep. Luis Gutierrez: Proud to Support the Rule of Law and Immigration, Too Rep. Luis Gutierrez 2010
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Naturally, Covert Affairs continues to drag out the Annie-Ben saga when Arthur reinitiates the rogue agent into off-the-books CIA work — which is what he wants — but with the caveat that he can't see Annie.
Top Moments: Bachelorette's Bad Boy, a Weird Weiner and The World According to Palin 2011
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The promises to future Social Security recipients are to the government what stock options are to private companies -- off-the-books costs.
The "Cost" of Privatization, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Given their two off-the-books wars and a prescription drug plan, no wonder Vice President Cheney said that "deficits don't matter" as early as 2001, according to interviews with Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill in The Price of Loyalty.
Mark Green: Reality Bites: The GOP Majority Hits the Ground... Stumbling Mark Green 2011
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FAF President and CEO Terri Polley said the group's new panel could carve out accommodations for private firms in areas that include how such companies measure the fair value of assets and obligations, as well as requirements to bring off-the-books entities onto their balance sheet.
Panel Plans Private-Firm Accounting Changes Michael Rapoport 2011
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The promises to future Social Security recipients are to the government what stock options are to private companies -- off-the-books costs.
The "Cost" of Privatization, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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As secretary of state under President Ronald Reagan, I experienced this with great pain when White House people developed and ran an off-the-books program of arms sales to Iran.
The Constitution Doesn't Mention Czars George P. Shultz 2011
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