In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
checkoff (plural checkoffs)
(US) The collection of union dues or other fees from employees via deductions from their wages.
(US) The optional allocation of part of a citizen's income tax towards the presidential election campaign fund.
(US) A tax on sales of agricultural goods in order to finance a generic commodity marketing program.
Source: Wiktionary
16 March 2025
(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.