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Meaning of back pay | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Русский заде́ржка зарпла́ты

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

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