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retropayment

retropayment noun: retroactive payment.

Noun

retropayment (plural retropayments)

  1. Retroactive payment.
    • [This, regarding] retropayments is void and of no effect.[…]1936, United States, United States Code Service, Lawyers Edition: All Federal Laws of a General and Permanent Nature Arranged in Accordance with the Section Numbering of the United States Code and...
    • […] retropayments would serve as compensation […]1983, Wage and Hour Cases

Forms of retropayment

pluralretropayments

Origin of retropayment

From retro- + payment.

Questions about retropayment

What does retropayment mean?
Retropayment means retroactive payment.
What part of speech is retropayment?
Retropayment is a noun.
What is the plural of retropayment?
The plural of retropayment is retropayments.

Words near retropayment in the dictionary

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

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