back pay

bæk peɪ

Definition

Definition of back pay - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

employment

TECH.

wages owed to an employee for past work periods

TECH.

She finally received her back pay after the settlement..

finance

TECH.

pay from a retrospective salary increase

TECH.

The company issued back pay after the salary review.

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Expressions with pay

pay off

repay a debt or loan in full

She managed to pay off her student loans last year.

pay down

make an initial payment on a purchase

He decided to pay down on the new car.

pay in

deposit money into an account

She went to the bank to pay in her paycheck.

pay out

distribute money from a fund or account

The company decided to pay out dividends to shareholders.

make someone pay

cause someone to give money as a result of something

The company made the customer pay for the damages.

pay a high price

spend a lot of money for something

He had to pay a high price for the concert tickets.

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get square with

settle accounts

pay back money or favor to make things even

remunerate

pay back

reward someone for their efforts or contributions

debt obligation

finance

legal responsibility to pay back borrowed money or debt

debt release

finance

officially ends the need to pay back money owed

debt of honor

ethics

moral obligation to pay back a non-legally binding debt

debt-ridden

adj.

money problems

having so much debt it is hard to pay back

FLIP

acr.

acr: flexible loan insurance plan

plan to help people pay back loans flexibly

IVA

acr.

acr: individual voluntary arrangement

agreement to pay back money over time

Examples of back pay in a sentence

He calculated his back pay after the payroll error was fixed.
Employees received back pay after the contract negotiation.
The union fought for back pay for the workers.

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French:arriérés de salaire, rappel de salaire, ...
German:ausstehender Lohn, Nachzahlung, ...
Italian:stipendi arretrati, pagamento arretrato, ...
Spanish:pago retroactivo, pagos atrasados, ...
Portuguese:salário atrasado, ...
Chinese:拖欠工资, 补发工资, ...
Japanese:未払い賃金, 遡及賃金, ...
Arabic:رواتب متأخرة, أجر متأخر, ...
Hebrew:שָׂכָר רֶטְרוֹאַקְטִיבִי, הַפְרָשֵׁי שָׂכָר, ...
Russian:задолженность по зарплате, ...
Ukrainian:невиплачена зарплата, виплата заборгованості, ...
Hindi:बकाया वेतन, वेतन बकाया, ...
Bengali:বকেয়া বেতন, পূর্বপ্রাপ্য বেতন, ...
Catalan:salaris endarrerits, pagament retroactiu, ...
Czech:doplatek mzdy, zpětně doplacená mzda, ...
Danish:udestående løn, efterregulering, ...
Dutch:achterstallig loon, ...
Greek:καθυστερούμενα, αναδρομική πληρωμή, ...
Hungarian:elmaradt bér, visszamenőleges bér, ...
Khmer:ប្រាក់ឈ្នួលជំពាក់, ប្រាក់ខែបន្ថែមក្រោយ, ...
Korean:체불 임금, 소급 임금, ...
Persian:حقوق معوقه, پرداخت معوقه, ...
Polish:zaległe wynagrodzenie, zaległa wypłata, ...
Portuguese (BR):salário atrasado, ...
Romanian:plată retroactivă, salariu restant, ...
Swedish:efterskottslön, retroaktiv lön, ...
Thai:ค่าจ้างค้างจ่าย, เงินเดือนย้อนหลัง, ...
Turkish:gecikmiş maaş, geriye dönük ödeme, ...
Vietnamese:tiền lương truy lĩnh, ...

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