: money that is owed to a worker from an earlier time
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In February, the L.A. County Civil Service Commission voted unanimously to reinstate Clint, 51, and award him more than two years of back pay.—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025 While his clients who played before 2021 stand to earn a cut of the settlement’s $2.75 billion in NIL back pay, Hausfeld is more concerned about the future.—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025 Trump has presented the deal as back pay for the aid the U.S. has already provided to Ukraine.—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2025 Jackson won a 1924 lawsuit against the White Sox to recover lost back pay.—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for back pay
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