Associations to the word «Backdate»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

BACKDATE, verb. Make effective from an earlier date; "The increase in tax was backdated to January".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky