Definition of retroactive in English:

retroactive

adjective rɛtrəʊˈaktɪvˌrɛtroʊˈæktɪv

(especially of legislation) taking effect from a date in the past.
（尤指法律）溯及既往的，有追溯效力的；回溯至颁布前特定日期生效的
a big retroactive tax increase
巨额追补性增税。
Example sentencesExamples
- During the argument in the case last October, some justices seemed bothered by the retroactive extension but they also were concerned about their standing to overturn it.
- There has been considerable case law on the issue of retroactive payments recently.
- By the end of the book he has refined his definition to ‘renaissance liturgical music’ and this retroactive postscript adds to the impression that Plank's real intention is to share with us his experience of directing his own group.
- His contract was retroactive to July 2002, but it wasn't disclosed until September, when sighs of relief greeted the public announcement that a leader had been found for the floundering company.
- Although they were indeed concerned that the application was retroactive, Council members were more concerned that Bill was potentially putting the profession's reputation at risk by hiring Joe to undertake audit work.
- As the Respondent's income has declined since separation, in my view it is appropriate that this amount be retroactive from the date of separation.
- The constitution was amended again in 1996 to set new limits on the presidency (including a retroactive two-term limit, and a requirement that both parents of a candidate be Zambian-born).
- The legislation isn't retroactive, so even if the bill is adopted, borrowers who have already consolidated won't be affected.
- If the company's opinion about my value and contribution was good, my compensation would be retroactive and I'd be promoted from a pro tem position to that of a full board member.
- That order had also addressed the applicant's claim for retroactive spousal support, and costs.
- The insurer had just what Brightpoint needed: a retroactive insurance policy for which Brightpoint would pay monthly premiums for three years, say the documents.
- I order him to pay his portion of the special expenses on the first day of each month, retroactive to November 15, 1999 with credit to him for payments made to date.
- The lower rates are retroactive to May 6, so dividends collected or gains realized before then are taxed at the old rates.
- One retroactive requirement, for instance, is for full sprinkler protection of any office building higher than 100 feet by January 1, 2019.
- The ban, retroactive to exports produced since January 15, would have meant that hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of goods en route or waiting for customs clearance or stock ready for export would have become virtually worthless.
- A new 10% bracket for low-income families, for example, would be retroactive to Jan. 1, 2001.
- If by the end of fiscal 2002 sales have outstripped the cutbacks in compensation, LaMagna will distribute the difference as retroactive raises.
- That jump reflected March legislation that gave corporations a generous, one-time, retroactive allowance for depreciation.
- At issue is retroactive overtime pay for employees who have been incorrectly classified as managers, and thereby excluded from overtime compensation.
- Lessig had in fact brought up the issue, arguing basically that retroactive copyright extensions have no value in promoting new works.
Synonyms
backdated, ex post facto, backward-looking

Derivatives

retroact

verb ˌrɛtrəʊˈaktˌrɛtroʊˈækt

[with object]

Cause to take effect from a date in the past.
（尤指法律）溯及既往的，有追溯效力的；回溯至颁布前特定日期生效的
the rules kick in on 1 January but are being retroacted
Example sentencesExamples
- The new patent would retroact on them and expose them to penalties to which they were not liable when the act was committed.
- These detailed archaeological and ethnological studies have retroacted upon the theories of anthropology.

retroaction

noun ˌrɛtrəʊˈakʃ(ə)nˌrɛtroʊˈækʃ(ə)n

A retroaction of the current law would allow an unprecedented number of lots to be created and subsequently developed causing a dramatic land use change.
It follows, therefore, that the petitioners' assertion for the retroaction of their claim for back salaries and other benefits effective July 1, 1989 as a result of the reclassification of their positions in 1996 cannot be given due course for want of legal basis.

retroactivity

noun rɛtrəʊakˈtɪvɪtiˌrɛtroʊˌækˈtɪvədi

In any event, most of the dispute relates to the issue of retroactivity and whether demands for financial assistance were made before the official request.
Example sentencesExamples
- In so far as these decisions appear to extend the statutory wording, are they objectionable on grounds of retroactivity and lack of fair warning, or defensible as applications of existing common law doctrine to new situations?
- Apparent retroactivity covers the situation where legislative acts are applied to events which occurred in the past, but which have not yet been definitively concluded.
- The prohibition on retroactivity of laws finds early expression in the Constitution of the United States 1787 and in the earlier Declarations of Rights adopted by various North American colonies.
- The Respondent has more income available to him than at the time of the original order and no longer has a spousal support obligation so I do not see retroactivity as an unfair extra burden.

Definition of retroactive in US English:

retroactive

adjectiveˌrɛtroʊˈæktɪvˌretrōˈaktiv

(especially of legislation) taking effect from a date in the past.
（尤指法律）溯及既往的，有追溯效力的；回溯至颁布前特定日期生效的
a big retroactive tax increase
巨额追补性增税。
Example sentencesExamples
- One retroactive requirement, for instance, is for full sprinkler protection of any office building higher than 100 feet by January 1, 2019.
- The legislation isn't retroactive, so even if the bill is adopted, borrowers who have already consolidated won't be affected.
- As the Respondent's income has declined since separation, in my view it is appropriate that this amount be retroactive from the date of separation.
- The ban, retroactive to exports produced since January 15, would have meant that hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of goods en route or waiting for customs clearance or stock ready for export would have become virtually worthless.
- That jump reflected March legislation that gave corporations a generous, one-time, retroactive allowance for depreciation.
- During the argument in the case last October, some justices seemed bothered by the retroactive extension but they also were concerned about their standing to overturn it.
- The lower rates are retroactive to May 6, so dividends collected or gains realized before then are taxed at the old rates.
- By the end of the book he has refined his definition to ‘renaissance liturgical music’ and this retroactive postscript adds to the impression that Plank's real intention is to share with us his experience of directing his own group.
- A new 10% bracket for low-income families, for example, would be retroactive to Jan. 1, 2001.
- If by the end of fiscal 2002 sales have outstripped the cutbacks in compensation, LaMagna will distribute the difference as retroactive raises.
- At issue is retroactive overtime pay for employees who have been incorrectly classified as managers, and thereby excluded from overtime compensation.
- His contract was retroactive to July 2002, but it wasn't disclosed until September, when sighs of relief greeted the public announcement that a leader had been found for the floundering company.
- I order him to pay his portion of the special expenses on the first day of each month, retroactive to November 15, 1999 with credit to him for payments made to date.
- The insurer had just what Brightpoint needed: a retroactive insurance policy for which Brightpoint would pay monthly premiums for three years, say the documents.
- That order had also addressed the applicant's claim for retroactive spousal support, and costs.
- If the company's opinion about my value and contribution was good, my compensation would be retroactive and I'd be promoted from a pro tem position to that of a full board member.
- Although they were indeed concerned that the application was retroactive, Council members were more concerned that Bill was potentially putting the profession's reputation at risk by hiring Joe to undertake audit work.
- There has been considerable case law on the issue of retroactive payments recently.
- The constitution was amended again in 1996 to set new limits on the presidency (including a retroactive two-term limit, and a requirement that both parents of a candidate be Zambian-born).
- Lessig had in fact brought up the issue, arguing basically that retroactive copyright extensions have no value in promoting new works.
Synonyms
backdated, ex post facto, backward-looking

词汇	retroactive
释义	Definition of retroactive in English: retroactive adjective rɛtrəʊˈaktɪvˌrɛtroʊˈæktɪv (especially of legislation) taking effect from a date in the past. （尤指法律）溯及既往的，有追溯效力的；回溯至颁布前特定日期生效的 a big retroactive tax increase 巨额追补性增税。 Example sentencesExamples During the argument in the case last October, some justices seemed bothered by the retroactive extension but they also were concerned about their standing to overturn it. There has been considerable case law on the issue of retroactive payments recently. By the end of the book he has refined his definition to ‘renaissance liturgical music’ and this retroactive postscript adds to the impression that Plank's real intention is to share with us his experience of directing his own group. His contract was retroactive to July 2002, but it wasn't disclosed until September, when sighs of relief greeted the public announcement that a leader had been found for the floundering company. Although they were indeed concerned that the application was retroactive, Council members were more concerned that Bill was potentially putting the profession's reputation at risk by hiring Joe to undertake audit work. As the Respondent's income has declined since separation, in my view it is appropriate that this amount be retroactive from the date of separation. The constitution was amended again in 1996 to set new limits on the presidency (including a retroactive two-term limit, and a requirement that both parents of a candidate be Zambian-born). The legislation isn't retroactive, so even if the bill is adopted, borrowers who have already consolidated won't be affected. If the company's opinion about my value and contribution was good, my compensation would be retroactive and I'd be promoted from a pro tem position to that of a full board member. That order had also addressed the applicant's claim for retroactive spousal support, and costs. The insurer had just what Brightpoint needed: a retroactive insurance policy for which Brightpoint would pay monthly premiums for three years, say the documents. I order him to pay his portion of the special expenses on the first day of each month, retroactive to November 15, 1999 with credit to him for payments made to date. The lower rates are retroactive to May 6, so dividends collected or gains realized before then are taxed at the old rates. One retroactive requirement, for instance, is for full sprinkler protection of any office building higher than 100 feet by January 1, 2019. The ban, retroactive to exports produced since January 15, would have meant that hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of goods en route or waiting for customs clearance or stock ready for export would have become virtually worthless. A new 10% bracket for low-income families, for example, would be retroactive to Jan. 1, 2001. If by the end of fiscal 2002 sales have outstripped the cutbacks in compensation, LaMagna will distribute the difference as retroactive raises. That jump reflected March legislation that gave corporations a generous, one-time, retroactive allowance for depreciation. At issue is retroactive overtime pay for employees who have been incorrectly classified as managers, and thereby excluded from overtime compensation. Lessig had in fact brought up the issue, arguing basically that retroactive copyright extensions have no value in promoting new works. Synonyms backdated, ex post facto, backward-looking Derivatives retroact verb ˌrɛtrəʊˈaktˌrɛtroʊˈækt [with object] Cause to take effect from a date in the past. （尤指法律）溯及既往的，有追溯效力的；回溯至颁布前特定日期生效的 the rules kick in on 1 January but are being retroacted Example sentencesExamples The new patent would retroact on them and expose them to penalties to which they were not liable when the act was committed. These detailed archaeological and ethnological studies have retroacted upon the theories of anthropology. retroaction noun ˌrɛtrəʊˈakʃ(ə)nˌrɛtroʊˈækʃ(ə)n A retroaction of the current law would allow an unprecedented number of lots to be created and subsequently developed causing a dramatic land use change. It follows, therefore, that the petitioners' assertion for the retroaction of their claim for back salaries and other benefits effective July 1, 1989 as a result of the reclassification of their positions in 1996 cannot be given due course for want of legal basis. retroactivity noun rɛtrəʊakˈtɪvɪtiˌrɛtroʊˌækˈtɪvədi In any event, most of the dispute relates to the issue of retroactivity and whether demands for financial assistance were made before the official request. Example sentencesExamples In so far as these decisions appear to extend the statutory wording, are they objectionable on grounds of retroactivity and lack of fair warning, or defensible as applications of existing common law doctrine to new situations? Apparent retroactivity covers the situation where legislative acts are applied to events which occurred in the past, but which have not yet been definitively concluded. The prohibition on retroactivity of laws finds early expression in the Constitution of the United States 1787 and in the earlier Declarations of Rights adopted by various North American colonies. The Respondent has more income available to him than at the time of the original order and no longer has a spousal support obligation so I do not see retroactivity as an unfair extra burden. Definition of retroactive in US English: retroactive adjectiveˌrɛtroʊˈæktɪvˌretrōˈaktiv (especially of legislation) taking effect from a date in the past. （尤指法律）溯及既往的，有追溯效力的；回溯至颁布前特定日期生效的 a big retroactive tax increase 巨额追补性增税。 Example sentencesExamples One retroactive requirement, for instance, is for full sprinkler protection of any office building higher than 100 feet by January 1, 2019. The legislation isn't retroactive, so even if the bill is adopted, borrowers who have already consolidated won't be affected. As the Respondent's income has declined since separation, in my view it is appropriate that this amount be retroactive from the date of separation. The ban, retroactive to exports produced since January 15, would have meant that hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of goods en route or waiting for customs clearance or stock ready for export would have become virtually worthless. That jump reflected March legislation that gave corporations a generous, one-time, retroactive allowance for depreciation. During the argument in the case last October, some justices seemed bothered by the retroactive extension but they also were concerned about their standing to overturn it. The lower rates are retroactive to May 6, so dividends collected or gains realized before then are taxed at the old rates. By the end of the book he has refined his definition to ‘renaissance liturgical music’ and this retroactive postscript adds to the impression that Plank's real intention is to share with us his experience of directing his own group. A new 10% bracket for low-income families, for example, would be retroactive to Jan. 1, 2001. If by the end of fiscal 2002 sales have outstripped the cutbacks in compensation, LaMagna will distribute the difference as retroactive raises. At issue is retroactive overtime pay for employees who have been incorrectly classified as managers, and thereby excluded from overtime compensation. His contract was retroactive to July 2002, but it wasn't disclosed until September, when sighs of relief greeted the public announcement that a leader had been found for the floundering company. I order him to pay his portion of the special expenses on the first day of each month, retroactive to November 15, 1999 with credit to him for payments made to date. The insurer had just what Brightpoint needed: a retroactive insurance policy for which Brightpoint would pay monthly premiums for three years, say the documents. That order had also addressed the applicant's claim for retroactive spousal support, and costs. If the company's opinion about my value and contribution was good, my compensation would be retroactive and I'd be promoted from a pro tem position to that of a full board member. Although they were indeed concerned that the application was retroactive, Council members were more concerned that Bill was potentially putting the profession's reputation at risk by hiring Joe to undertake audit work. There has been considerable case law on the issue of retroactive payments recently. The constitution was amended again in 1996 to set new limits on the presidency (including a retroactive two-term limit, and a requirement that both parents of a candidate be Zambian-born). Lessig had in fact brought up the issue, arguing basically that retroactive copyright extensions have no value in promoting new works. Synonyms backdated, ex post facto, backward-looking
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