A withheld payment for work which has already been completed, or which could have been completed had the employee not been prevented from doing so.

The passage between two terraced houses leading between the front and back gardens or yards. / (euphemistic) anus, rectum

(transitive) To hinder the development of something. / (intransitive) To revert to an earlier stage of development. / To retort. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, back.

A style of swimming using the backstroke.

(intransitive) To reverse direction and retrace one's steps. / (transitive) To cause to reverse direction and retrace one's steps. / To return to a previous state of being.

The region of the back above the waist, also known as the lumbar region; the area surrounding the five vertebrae between the rib cage and the pelvis.

(music) Any of the even beats in music, as opposed to the odd downbeats

(idiomatic) To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to. / (idiomatic) To withdraw from a commitment or position.

Any of the seats in the rear of a vehicle.

A usually small and narrow street or alley, especially one in inferior or poorer parts of a city, away from the centre. / A secret, clandestine or illegal scene.