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(of a law or other agreement) having effect from the time before the law or agreement was approved: I’m getting a retroactive salary increase. retroactively. adverb [ not gradable ] us / ˌre·troʊˈæk·tɪv·li / The courts cannot apply a new rule retroactively.
The meaning of RETROACTIVE is extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past; especially : made effective as of a date prior to enactment, promulgation, or imposition. How to use retroactive in a sentence.
Hace 2 días · 1. having application to or effect on things done prior to its enactment. a retroactive law. 2. going into effect as of a specified date in the past. a retroactive increase.
adjective. formal uk / ˌret.rəʊˈæk.tɪv / us / ˌret.roʊˈæk.tɪv / (also retrospective) Add to word list. If a law or decision, etc. is retroactive, it has effect from a date before it was approved: the first British law to have retroactive effect. SMART Vocabulary: palabras y expresiones relacionadas. Relating to time. anachronism. anachronistically.
The adjective retroactive refers to something happening now that affects the past. For example, a retroactive tax is one that is passed at one time, but payable back to a time before the tax was passed. The Latin word retroagere, an ancestor of the adjective retroactive, means
retroactive. A law, administrative agency rule, or court decision that imposes liability on individuals for prior actions. Adjudications are by their nature retroactive applications of the law. That is, a judicial body necessarily determines whether a litigant’s past events violated a law.
