Retroactive usually means that they have backdated it in some way.....
If something is retroactive, that means it is effective as of a past date. The term retroactive is usually used to describe a law or a pay raise. For example: I was notified of my pay raise in February, but it was retroactive to January 1.
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Retroactive Records was created in 2002.
The legislature passed a tax bill that was Retroactive to six months ago. =)
The order was retroactive to the first of the year.Although I already worked for the company for 19 months, the new pay raise was retroactive to my start date.
These substances contain retroactive chemicals in them which are bad for you.
These changes are retroactive to the beginning of the fiscal year.
Yes, my raise should be handled in a retroactive manner.
Ex post facto is a Latin phrase that means 'after the fact.' That sentence would tend to mean that, after working the weak, you received a raise that is retroactive to include the time during the past week that you already worked.