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backdate

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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back·date /ˌbækˈdeɪt $ ˈbækdeɪt/ verb [transitive]  1 BEBFto make something have its effect from an earlier date 追溯到,从〔过去某个日期〕开始生效backdate something from/to something The pay increase will be backdated to January. 这次加薪将追溯至1月份。2. American English to write an earlier date on a document or cheque than when it was actually written 在〔文件或支票〕上倒填日期
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Examples from the Corpus
backdateIf you delay claiming for more than three months, you can not normally get the pension backdated.But Sting's royalty rate was increased, and backdated, giving him an immediate cash payment of some £100,000.There is nothing to stop them doing better than this and backdating this improvement.About 60,000 part-time workers have won the right to pension benefits backdated to 1976.The senior registrar contract arrived dated May 1988, and a six month battle ensued to get it backdated to January 1987.The increase was to be backdated to June 1 and would rise to 75 percent by the last quarter of 1991.The ban was backdated to midnight on Monday.backdate something from/to somethingThe pay increase will be backdated to January.
From Longman Business Dictionarybackdateback‧date /ˌbækˈdeɪtˈbækdeɪt/ verb [transitive]1if a change in an amount paid is backdated, it has its effect from an earlier datebe backdated toPostal workers are getting a 3.3% wage rise backdated to October.2to put a date on a document that is earlier than the real dateIt was alleged that he had backdated the sale documents to evade a court order.→ See Verb table
back·date verbChineseSyllable
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backdate
backdate /ˌbækˈdeɪt $ ˈbækdeɪt/ verb [transitive]
1. 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


back·dateBrE /ˌbækˈdeɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌbækˈdeɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they backdate BrE /ˌbækˈdeɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌbækˈdeɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it backdates BrE /ˌbækˈdeɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌbækˈdeɪts/ 🔊past simple backdated BrE /ˌbækˈdeɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌbækˈdeɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle backdated BrE /ˌbækˈdeɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌbækˈdeɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form backdating BrE /ˌbækˈdeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌbækˈdeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth to write a date on a cheque or other document that is earlier than the actual date 倒填日期(在支票等上签写比实际较早的日期)   compare post-date (1) ~ sth (BrE) to make sth, especially a payment, take effect from an earlier date 使(付款等)在较早的日期开始生效Postal workers are getting a 5.2% pay rise, backdated to February. 邮政员工的工资将提高 5.2%,追溯至二月份起算。🔊🔊