back payment

Example Sentences

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In a letter Jeremy Miles said, if accepted, it would provide teachers with a "significant" back payment and that it was in the interests of Welsh school children.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2023

In a report presented to the council, the company confirmed it would seek back payment for the fuel used.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2022

“I have no idea who he is,” Mr. Trump said in a statement emailed by an aide, “but if I held back payment, it was probably because he did a lousy job.”

From New York Times • May 11, 2016

But the supposed evidence of your experimental days is about as likely to show up as is the back payment for child support—that is, not likely at all.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2015

And industry received back payment from science with compound interest.

From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by Dewey, John