backdate

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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 EnglishAmE 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

Examples from the Corpus

backdate• If 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 something• The pay increase will be backdated to January.

From Longman Business Dictionary

backdateback·date /ˌbækˈdeɪtˈbækdeɪt/ verb [transitiveT]

1if a change in an amount paid is backdated, it has its effect from an earlier date

be backdated to

Postal workers are getting a 3.3% wage rise backdated to October.

2to put a date on a document that is earlier than the real date

It was alleged that he had backdated the sale documents to evade a court order.

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