Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

back payment

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.64 in modern English

Syllables: back- -pay-ment
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An overdue payment from a debtor to a creditor on money owed.

Example Sentences

"The employer paid a back payment to his employee on his wages from three months earlier."

Inflected Forms

back payments (plural)

Phrases

back pay

Frequently Paired Words

back pay

Questions

What does back payment mean?: An overdue payment from a debtor to a creditor on money owed.

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