backdate

Verb

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

  1. make effective from an earlier date“The increase in tax was backdated to January”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

backdate \back"date\ v. t.

1.to make effective from an earlier date; to make retroactive. The increase in tax was backdated to January.

Syn: back-date [WordNet 1.5]

2.to affix a date earlier than the present date; -- sometimes done for fraudulent purposes. Opposite of postdate.

Syn: back-date; predate; antedate. [PJC]

Note: Backdate is sometimes used incorrectly for postdate.

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