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back pays

back pays is the plural of back pay.

Meaning of back pay

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.
  2. Pay received by an employee from an increase awarded retrospectively, and backdated.

Questions about back pays

What is back pays the plural of?
Back pays is the plural of back pay.

Words near back pays in the dictionary

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

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