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backdate

[ bak-deyt ]

verb (used with object)

backdated, backdating.
  1. to date earlier than the actual date; predate; antedate:

    Backdate the letter so he'll think I wrote it last week.



backdate

/ ËŒ²úæ°ìˈ»å±ðɪ³Ù /

verb

  1. tr to make effective from an earlier date

    the pay rise was backdated to August

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of backdate1

An Americanism dating back to 1945–50; back 2 + date 1
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Example Sentences

Applications can be made online and there is no closing date for the scheme, but payments are not backdated.

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The party wants the government to adopt the changes, backdated to 2021, by amending its Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill due to be debated in Parliament next week.

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There is also evidence in the leaked files that charter agreements were backdated.

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After the government shut this loophole, the Treasury used the loan charge to ask the freelancers to pay backdated tax.

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The government says it has been working to boost take-up and eligible claims can be backdated.

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