BACKDATE

backdate

(verb) make effective from an earlier date; “The increase in tax was backdated to January”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

backdate (third-person singular simple present backdates, present participle backdating, simple past and past participle backdated)

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

Synonyms: antedate, Thesaurus:backdate

Noun

backdate (plural backdates)

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

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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