backdated; backdating; backdates
: to put a date earlier than the actual one on
backdate a memo
also
: to make retroactive
backdate pension rights
Examples of backdate in a Sentence
an increase in salary backdated to the beginning of the year
Recent Examples on the Web
Claims could be backdated to the birth or adoption of a child within a 12-month window.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
The notices now being received, some of which were reviewed by The Hill, say Commerce will be backdating employees’ date of firing to their original termination in February rather than their refiring in April.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
Yet that presents another question from this latest case: what if backdating interest on shareholder loans to 2021, as City appear to be advocating, pushes a club into a PSR breach?
—Sam Lee, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Premier League clubs voted in December 2023 to limit transfer fee amortisation to five years, though the limit was not backdated.
—Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
The notices now being received, some of which were reviewed by The Hill, say Commerce will be backdating employees’ date of firing to their original termination in February rather than their refiring in April.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
Yet that presents another question from this latest case: what if backdating interest on shareholder loans to 2021, as City appear to be advocating, pushes a club into a PSR breach?
—Sam Lee, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Premier League clubs voted in December 2023 to limit transfer fee amortisation to five years, though the limit was not backdated.
—Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Backdate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backdate. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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