"back pay" meaning in English

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          "sense": "withheld payment for work",
          "word": "補薪"
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          "word": "pidätetty palkka"
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          "roman": "zadéržka zarpláty",
          "sense": "withheld payment for work",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "withheld payment for work",
      "word": "補薪"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǔxīn",
      "sense": "withheld payment for work",
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      "sense": "withheld payment for work",
      "word": "pidätetty palkka"
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      "roman": "zadéržka zarpláty",
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