Translations for „back pay“ in the English » German Dictionary

ˈback pay N no pl

back pay (of wages)

Lohnnachzahlung f

back pay (of salaries)

Gehaltsnachzahlung f

pay back VB trans

1. pay back (give back):

to pay back ⇆ sth [to sb]

[jdm] etw zurückzahlen

to pay back ⇆ one's debts to sb

bei jdm seine Schulden bezahlen

to pay sb back ⇆ sth

jdm etw zurückzahlen

2. pay back (give money to):

to pay back ⇆ sb

jdm sein Geld zurückgeben [o. zurückzahlen]

to pay back ⇆ sth loan

etw amortisieren

can you lend me some money? I'll pay you back tomorrow

kannst du mir Geld leihen? ich zahle [o. gebe] es dir morgen zurück

3. pay back fig (for revenge):

to pay sb back

es jdm heimzahlen

to pay sb back for sth

jdm etw heimzahlen

I'll pay you back for doing this to me

ich werde [es] dir heimzahlen, dass du mir das angetan hast

Phrases:

to pay sb back in the same coin

es jdm mit gleicher Münze heimzahlen

pay back VB trans INV-FIN

Specialized Vocabulary

pay back

amortisieren

ˈcall-back pay N ECON

call-back pay

Überstundenlohn m

pay-back method N INV-FIN

Specialized Vocabulary

pay-back method (finanzmathematische Methode zur Berechnung der Rendite)

Pay-back-Methode f

pay out/take back policy N INV-FIN

Specialized Vocabulary

pay out/take back policy

Schütt-aus-hol-zurück-Politik f

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to pay sth back

etw zurückzahlen

to pay sb back ⇆ sth

jdm etw zurückzahlen

to pay back [or off] debts

Schulden abzahlen [o. begleichen]

to pay sb back with interest fig

es jdm doppelt [o. gründlich] heimzahlen

to pay sb back for sth

jdm etw heimzahlen

to pay sb back in kind (similar way)

es jdm mit gleicher Münze heimzahlen

to pay back ⇆ sth [to sb]

[jdm] etw zurückzahlen

to pay back ⇆ one's debts to sb

bei jdm seine Schulden bezahlen

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to get [or pay] sb back [or get back at sb] [for sth]

jdm etw heimzahlen

to pay sb back in the same coin

es jdm mit gleicher Münze heimzahlen

I'll pay you back for doing this to me

ich werde [es] dir heimzahlen, dass du mir das angetan hast

can you lend me some money? I'll pay you back tomorrow

kannst du mir Geld leihen? ich zahle [o. gebe] es dir morgen zurück

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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The truck drivers were given $36,000 (about $ in dollars) in back pay from the state government.

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The two thieves are horrified as they have spent all the back pay due to the soldiers.

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However, other workers raised concerns about the length of the agreement, back pay, and living allowances.

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He had been unable to collect two years of back pay.

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In one of the pockets he had his prize money and back pay that he had been saving for several years.

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An arbitrator reinstated one worker with back pay.

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Nothing worked and the mutineers continued to call for their discharges and back pay.

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Former employees then filed suit for back pay, and the company was investigated on allegations of fraud.

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He collected his back pay, walked into the editor's office and quit and then went to personnel to demand holiday pay.

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The management also refused to give them back pay.

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