backdate

Plural: backdates

Verb

Verb Forms: backdated, backdating, backdates

• To give a document a date that is earlier than the present.
• make effective from an earlier date
  • "The increase in tax was backdated to January"
• To give or assign a date to a document that is earlier than the current or true date.

Noun

• An assigned date that is earlier than the current or true date.

Examples

• He wished he could backdate his last move after seeing a much better option.

Synonyms

antedate, backdate, foredate, predate

Antonyms

overdate

Anagrams of backdate