backdate
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
backdate (third-person singular simple present backdates, present participle backdating, simple past and past participle backdated)
- To give or assign a date to a document that is earlier than the current or true date.
- Synonyms: antedate; see also Thesaurus:backdate
Translations[edit]
to backdate — see antedate
Noun[edit]
backdate (plural backdates)
- An assigned date that is earlier than the current or true date.
- 2000, Jack Stewart, Hurricane, page 50:
- The backdates on the clearance forms made the little man's papers worthless […]