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Backdating

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antedatingverbThe action of marking with an earlier date.
back paynounPay received by an employee from an increase awarded retrospectively, and backdated.
retroactivitynoun(law) The application of a law to events that took place before it was made.
antedationnounantedating
backtestingnounThe process of testing a strategy, model etc. using data from a previous time
postdatingverb(lexicography) A later citation of a lexical item.
backfillnounThe material that has been used to refill an excavation.
back annonoun(radio, informal) An announcement at the end of a broadcast item and relating back to that item.
back numbernounA back issue of a magazine, etc.
backstepnounA step backwards
antedateverbTo occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.
backoutnounA reversal or undoing of tasks previously done (often in reverse order).
postdateverb(transitive) To assign an effective date to a document or action later than the actual date.
backpaynounAlternative form of back pay. [A withheld payment for work which has already been completed, or which could have been completed had the employee not been prevented from doing so.]
flashbacknoun(psychology) A vivid mental image of a past trauma or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, especially one that recurs.
backcastnounA cast or throw back.
backgroundingnounAn intermediate stage in cattle production, between weaning and placement in a feedlot, during which the calf's weight and immunity are significantly increased by feeding with forage and grains.
temporizationnounThe act of temporizing.
prochronismnounAn error in chronological order in which something is ascribed an earlier time than the actual one.
backwardIndicating position or direction.

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