'backdate' definitions:
Definition of 'backdate'
From: WordNet
verb
Make effective from an earlier date; "The increase in tax was backdated to January"
Definition of 'backdate'
From: 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.