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📅 To set earlier date 🗓️ An earlier date
to backdate

to backdate

3 6.8
To make something take effect from an earlier date than it was made
  • verb
  • /ˈbækˌdeɪt/
: fechar retroactivamente
  • Before the decree expired, Information Minister Jonathan Moyo pushed the Broadcasting Services Act into law, backdating its effect to cover the period of the decree.

And they can tell you how you can backdate your S Corp and save you thousands on taxes this year.

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Examples

  • I claimed DLA Mobility back in 1995, was refused, but took it to appeal 18 months later, where I won the award, which was backdated—so there is nothing new there!

    Blog text (30)

  • Each of these contracts offers backdated stock options.

    BlackBerry (2023)

  • I took the liberty to backdate that a day.

    Aladdin (2019)

  • I let you backdate your insurance that time you drove your car...

    Naqoyqatsi (2002)

  • And they can tell you how you can backdate your S Corp and save you thousands on taxes this year.

    Megyn Kelly

  • I will backdate that to when RIM was trading at a dollar.

    BlackBerry (2023)

  • May I backdate this?

    Middle Men (2009)

  • Can I backdate this to last year, so I don't get screwed paying a bunch of taxes on money I don't even have?

    Middle Men (2009)

  • Please advise me ASAP how I can get my money back, and please note that I want it backdated to today's date (7/10/12).

    Blog text (24)

  • I need to backdate my insurance policy to cover the accident last month.

Synonyms

to foredate
vsto backdate
  • Formal
9.1

Put an earlier day on a document than its real one

makes the document effective from that earlier date rather than from now

Surface Forms

backdate infinitive
backdated past
backdated past participle
backdating present participle
backdates third person singular

Morphology

backdate = date (transparent) = back + date

The prefix 'back' clearly indicates a reversal or retroactive action applied to 'date'.

Etymology

The word backdate is a simple combination of back ('toward the past') and date ('a calendar day'), so to backdate something is to move its date 'back' in time. That's why to backdate a pay rise or policy means to make it effective from an earlier day.