"back pay" meaning in All languages combined

See back pay on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: back pays [plural]
Etymology: back + pay Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|pay}} back + pay Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} back pay (countable and uncountable, plural back pays)
  1. A withheld payment for work which has already been completed, or which could have been completed had the employee not been prevented from doing so. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (withheld payment for work): 補薪 (Chinese Mandarin), 补薪 (bǔxīn) (Chinese Mandarin), pidätetty palkka (Finnish), заде́ржка зарпла́ты (zadéržka zarpláty) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-back_pay-en-noun-5OmO9b7B Disambiguation of 'withheld payment for work': 92 8
  2. Pay received by an employee from an increase awarded retrospectively, and backdated. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: backpay Related terms: back payment
    Sense id: en-back_pay-en-noun-Ms7csM8J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72

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