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Topic: FINANCE

backdate

 verb
     
back‧date [transitive]
1BEBF to make something have its effect from an earlier date
backdate something from/to something
The pay increase will be backdated to January.
2 American English to write an earlier date on a document or cheque than when it was actually written
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