Backdate

Word BACKDATE
Character 8
Hyphenation back date
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Backdate"

What do we mean by backdate?

To mark or supply with a date that is earlier than the actual date. transitive verb

To make effective from an earlier date; to make retroactive. transitive verb

To affix a date earlier than the present date; -- sometimes done for fraudulent purposes. Opposite of postdate. transitive verb

To give or assign a date to a document that is earlier than the current date. verb

Make effective from an earlier date verb

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

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The word "backdate" in example sentences

The backdating companies broke this rule: they reported how many options they were issuing, but conveniently omitted the fact that they had been backdated … The bigger reason for choosing to backdate is to get around some bothersome accounting regulations. ❋ Unknown (2006)

By asking to "backdate" gains more than a year in the past, the lawsuit said, Mr. Picower and others at his firm "knew or should have known that they were participating in fraudulent activity." ❋ Unknown (2009)

By asking to "backdate" gains more than a year in the past, the lawsuit says, Mr. Picower and others at his firm "knew or should have known that they were participating in fraudulent activity." ❋ Unknown (2009)

These sources also tell FITS that S.C. Ethics Commission Attorney Cathy Hazelwood may have permitted Miles to "backdate" one of his forms, or affix a prior date so as to make it appear that the document had been filed in a timely fashion. ❋ Unknown (2009)

South Carolina's State Ethics Commission has assessed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of late fees - much of it to black candidates in low income areas of the state - but it may have let a white state agency head "backdate" his paperwork in order to avoid having to pay these same charges. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If he remains out of major-league spring training games, the Mets can backdate his stint on the disabled list, which would make him eligible to return April 6 at Philadelphia. ❋ Brian Costa (2011)

If companies backdate options without properly disclosing and accounting for the move, it can cause profits to be overstated. ❋ Unknown (2011)

If Bay is not ready to start the season, the Mets can backdate his DL stint to March 25, meaning he would be eligible to return April 9 against Washington. ❋ Brian Costa (2011)

Late last week, in an interview with the Florida attorney general, a former senior paralegal in Stern's firm described a boiler-room atmosphere in which employees were pressured to forge signatures, backdate documents, swap Social Security numbers, inflate billings and pass around notary stamps as if they were salt. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

And remember labour's reaction when John Swinney in an equally opportunistic move a few months back decided to restore in full (backdate) the pension allocation to civil sevanmts underpaid over the years due to a technical error, a concession not offered by the UK government ❋ Alan Smart (2009)

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn had alleged that Comverse Chief Executive Jacob "Kobi" Alexander and others engaged in a scheme to backdate millions of stock options and to secretly award backdated options to favored employees through a "slush fund." ❋ Chad Bray (2011)

In addition, the OTS purportedly allowed Perry to backdate $18 million in capital so that it could meet its threshold for reserves. ❋ Ylan Q. Mui (2011)

He said the two signed a contract in 2010 and agreed to backdate it to Oct. 15, 2009. ❋ Michael Howard Saul (2011)

These foreclosure scammers forge documents, backdate signatures, slap families with thousands of dollars in illegal fees and even foreclosure on borrowers who haven't missed a payment. ❋ Unknown (2010)

By asking to backdate gains months in the past, Mr. Jaffe should have known he was participating in a fraud, the commission had alleged in the suit. ❋ Amir Efrati (2010)

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