"back payment" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: back payments [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} back payment (plural back payments)
  1. An overdue payment from a debtor to a creditor on money owed. Related terms: back pay
    Sense id: en-back_payment-en-noun-q3pRTssr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The employer paid a back payment to his employee on his wages from three months earlier."
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