retroactive
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7.1
- adjective
- /ˌrɛtroʊˈæktɪv/
- Formal
- The new tax law will be retroactive to January 1, which means it will affect income earned since that date.
- retroactive to July
- tax break retroactive
- retroactive legislation
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Watch on YouTubeWe believe that there will be some form of retroactive unemployment pay.
- We believe that there will be some form of retroactive unemployment pay.
- This is, quote, retroactive social insurance.
- Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas have been paid retroactive pay for three weeks on COVID news.
- That's right, we are living in a police state, so retroactive apologies, scooch.
- We also see some of the best in state laws, for example, like the state of Minnesota when they passed, they've passed a retroactive justice.
Examples
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But the critical thing was it made the Fed Sentencing Act retroactive, right?
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We believe that there will be some form of retroactive unemployment pay.
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You know, that's retroactive back to when this pandemic started.
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The act reinstates the tax break retroactive to July 1, 1992.
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The act reinstates the tax credit retroactive to July 1, 1992.
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But the act reinstates certain benefits retroactive to July 1, 1992.
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Additional provisions in the Act permit retroactive application of the terrorist provisions.
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The IRS continues to issue pronouncements on how to handle retroactive items.
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Further, life tables are inherently retroactive; that is, they base their statistical prediction off of past patterns.
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The act reinstates the tax break retroactive to July 1, 1992, for gifts of tangible personal property.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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7.2
Applies from an earlier date to cover work done or pay owed before
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9.9
Applies to actions that happened before a law or decision was made
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Etymology
Retroactive comes from retro- meaning 'back', as in retrofit, and active meaning 'doing' or 'taking effect'. So something retroactive 'acts back' to an earlier date, which is why a retroactive law affects things that already happened.