HyperDic: backdate

English > 1 sense of the word *backdate*:
VERB	social	backdate	make effective from an earlier date

backdate > pronunciation
Sounds	bae'kdey.t
Rhymes	abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt...

English > *backdate*: 1 sense > verb 1, social
Meaning	make effective from an earlier date.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Example	"The increase in tax was backdated to January"
Broader	effect	act so as to bring into existence
Spanish	antedatar
Catalan	posar una data enderrarida a