back pay

Noun

 * 1) 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) Pay received by an employee from an increase awarded retrospectively, and backdated.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 補薪
 * Finnish: pidätetty palkka
 * Russian: заде́ржка зарпла́ты