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retropay

retropay noun: retroactive pay, extra pay (like for unpaid or underpaid work during a previous pay period).

Noun

retropay (uncountable)

  1. Retroactive pay, extra pay (like for unpaid or underpaid work during a previous pay period).
    • ... retropay for Plaintiffs, which demand was dropped only when it was discerned that settlement and / or ratification thereof could not be obtained otherwise.1987, Merk V. Jewel Food Stores, page 9
    • […] the actual amount given to each employee in the form of "retropay." Again, the discrepancy lay in the fact that the retropay amounts [...] were each way too large to be explainable as merely reflecting a 5-day retroactive catchup payment.2003, United States. National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 1227

Origin of retropay

From retro- + pay.

Questions about retropay

What does retropay mean?
Retropay means retroactive pay, extra pay (like for unpaid or underpaid work during a previous pay period).
What part of speech is retropay?
Retropay is a noun.

Words near retropay in the dictionary

  1. retropancreaticoduodenal
  2. retropannage
  3. retroparticle
  4. retroparticles
  5. retropatellar
  6. retropay
  7. retropayment
  8. retropayments
  9. retropectoral
  10. retropepsin
  11. retropepsins

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