back pay

noun

1. pay received by an employee from an increase awarded retrospectively

Example Sentences

Those employees may or may not get back pay when the shutdown ends.

From The Daily Beast

The jury handed down the verdict that the parsons were entitled to their back pay but awarded damages of one penny to each parson.

From Project Gutenberg

We always tried to make a man who had drawn a lot of back pay deposit it or send it home.

From Project Gutenberg

I've got that thief Mulvaney's for all my back-pay, an' she'll kick my heart sick wid that blunderin' long shtock av hers.

From Project Gutenberg

Harvey was able to collect some of his back pay and to obtain the King's agreement that he should return in a ship of war.

From Project Gutenberg

But the possible loss of his back pay would be a catastrophe.

From Project Gutenberg