back pay

About 0.50 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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.
2. noun Pay received by an employee from an increase awarded retrospectively, and backdated.

Similar words

backpay advance payment prepayment forepay prepayment penalty precompensation forepayment prest deferral anticipation