Back salary
noun
see back pay
historical examples
better pay up your back salary instead of sitting there howling at me.
around the tea-table t. de witt talmage
byram came to look at you; he brought your back salary—all of it.
the maids of paradise robert w. (robert william) chambers
camm and a number of clergymen sued in county courts for back salary.
the road to independence: virginia 1763-1783 virginia state dept. of education
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