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back payment

back payment noun: an overdue payment from a debtor to a creditor on money owed.

Noun

back payment (plural back payments)

  1. An overdue payment from a debtor to a creditor on money owed.
    • The employer paid a back payment to his employee on his wages from three months earlier.

Forms of back payment

pluralback payments

Questions about back payment

What does back payment mean?
Back payment means an overdue payment from a debtor to a creditor on money owed.
What part of speech is back payment?
Back payment is a noun.
What is the plural of back payment?
The plural of back payment is back payments.

Words near back payment in the dictionary

  1. back passages
  2. back passes
  3. back pat
  4. back pats
  5. back pay
  6. back payment
  7. back payments
  8. back pays
  9. back pedal brake
  10. back pedal brakes
  11. back pocket

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