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.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Xurxo	SHOOR-shaw	Galician
Wasim	-	Arabic
Hephaistos	-	Greek Mythology
Milka (1)	-	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Bulgarian
MilÁN	-	Hungarian
Blagoj	-	Macedonian