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- Dictionaryret·ro·ac·tive/ˌretrōˈaktiv/
adjective
- 1. (especially of legislation) taking effect from a date in the past: "a big retroactive tax increase"
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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.
RETROACTIVE definition: 1. If a law or decision, etc. is retroactive, it has effect from a date before it was approved: 2…. Learn more.
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
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.
Retroactive definition: operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective. See examples of RETROACTIVE used in a sentence.
if a law, decision, etc. is retroactive, it has effect from a date in the past before it was approved: The changes will not be retroactive. The Justice Department had opposed the retroactive application of the guidelines. retroactive to sth The proposed pay raises are retroactive to July 1.
Referring to a law, a ruling, and so on affecting matters that occurred beforehand; affecting past happenings. See also prospective. Webster's New World Law. Synonyms: retro. ex post facto. Antonyms: proactive. Origin of Retroactive.
Definition of retroactive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
retroactive meaning, definition, what is retroactive: a law or decision that is retroactive is...: Learn more.
retroactive /ˌrɛtroʊ ˈ æktɪv/ adjective. Britannica Dictionary definition of RETROACTIVE. formal. : effective from a particular date in the past. They all received a retroactive pay raise. The new tax will be retroactive to January 1.
