backdate
(Redirected from back-date)
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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 […]