retropay

English

Etymology

From retro- +‎ pay.

Noun

retropay (uncountable)

  1. Retroactive pay, extra pay (like for unpaid or underpaid work during a previous pay period).
    Coordinate term: retropayment
    • 1987, Merk V. Jewel Food Stores, page 9:
      ... retropay for Plaintiffs, which demand was dropped only when it was discerned that settlement and / or ratification thereof could not be obtained otherwise.
    • 2003, United States. National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 1227:
      […] 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.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:retropay.
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