back payment
Example Sentences
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In a report presented to the council, the company confirmed it would seek back payment for the fuel used.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 2022
"NGN have confirmed that they will use standard rates provided to them by the gas regulator, Ofgem, to calculate a back payment going back to 2004 for unpaid for gas," the report said.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 2022
“We control the purse, so we can hold back payment for them for seven days,” he said.
From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2017
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