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Definition of Backdated
1. backdate [v] - See also: backdate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backdated
Literary usage of Backdated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"Civil Service Arbitration Tribunal awarded pay increase of 5 to 6 per cent., backdated
to July, to about 54.000 Post Office engineers. 26. ..."
2. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"The law was suspended in 1984, but some claims allegedly have been backdated.
Prior to its 1996 election victory, the Awami League promised to repeal the ..."
3. Price of Oil: Corporate Responsibility and Human Rights Violations in by Bronwen. Manby (1999)
"Obvious imbalances between states led to the review of the system, and in
1970 (backdated to 1969) the shares of mining rents and royalties became 5 percent ..."
4. Detained in China and Tibet: A Directory of Political and Religious Prisoners by Robin Munro, Mickey Spiegel, Asia Watch Committee (U.S.) (1994)
"... brothers were sentenced on July 9, 1991 to five-and-a-half-month prison terms,
backdated to February 15, on charges of "illegally crossing the border. ..."
5. Energy Policies of IEA Countries: United Kingdom 2002 Review by International Energy Agency (2002)
"About 5.4 million owners will benefit from this measure which will be backdated
to November 2000. There is also an additional £10 reduction for ..."
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