Retroactive
41retroactive — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. retrospective, regressive, ex post facto. See past …
42retroactive — retrəʊ æktɪv adj. taking effect on a past date …
43retroactive — adjective (especially of legislation) taking effect from a date in the past. Derivatives retroact verb retroaction noun retroactively adverb retroactivity noun …
44retroactive — a. 1. Reflex. 2. Retrospective, that affects the past …
45retroactive — adj 1. retrospective, ex post facto. 2.See reactive(def. 1) …
46retroactive — ret·ro·active …
47retroactive — ret•ro•ac•tive [[t]ˌrɛ troʊˈæk tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute 2) (of a pay raise) effective as of a past date • Etymology: 1605–15 ret ro•ac′tive•ly, adv. ret ro•ac•tiv′i•ty, n …
48retroactive — /rɛtroʊˈæktɪv / (say retroh aktiv) adjective operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective. –retroactively, adverb –retroactivity /ˌrɛtroʊækˈtɪvəti/ (say .retrohak tivuhtee), noun …
49retroactive — Acting on things that are past. Simpson v City Savings Bank, 56 NH 466. See relation back; retrospective operation …
50retroactive — adj. (esp. of legislation) having retrospective effect. Derivatives: retroactively adv. retroactivity n …