backdate

[ bak-deyt ]
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verb (used with object),back·dat·ed, back·dat·ing.
  1. to date earlier than the actual date; predate; antedate: Backdate the letter so he'll think I wrote it last week.

Origin of backdate

1
An Americanism dating back to 1945–50; back2 + date1

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British Dictionary definitions for backdate

backdate

/ (ˌbækˈdeɪt) /


verb
  1. (tr) to make effective from an earlier date: the pay rise was backdated to August

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