backdate
backdate
Definition
☆ back·date (-dāt′)
transitive verb -·dat′ed, -·dat′·ing
to date before the actual date; predate
backdate
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- claim: Action point Only a limited period of backdating of claims is possible.
- benefit: You might want to appeal against a decision of the Housing Benefit Department to refuse backdating of housing benefit.
Object
- claim: We will not consider backdated claims against lost cards.
- membership: My scheme is now closed to new members, can I claim backdated membership?
- payment: I've heard about backdated payments - how do these work?
- benefit: You can request backdated benefit on the benefit claim form or you can write to us with your details.
- award: Assuming that the response is to accept the award the University will backdate the award to 1 August 2003.
- bill: If the decision then goes against the firm they could be stung with a backdated tax bill going back up to a six years.
Preposition: for
- maximum: Your claim can be backdated for a maximum of three months.
- month: Normally a claim for CA can only be backdated for 3 months.
- year: Where arrears might once have been backdated for a year, you are now lucky to get 3 months.
- reason: The second study is concerned with Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit claims backdated for reasons of ' good cause ' .
Infinitive complement
- cover: Yes, in exceptional circumstances, your Benefit claim can be backdated to cover an earlier period.
- include: The degree registration period is backdated to include the initial Higher Degree by Research.
- take: The changes are to be backdated to take effect from 6 April 2004.
Modifying Another Word
- fully: Note also that the reduction can be fully backdated.
- only: Indeed, the IR would only backdate entitlement for a maximum of three months.
- not: In other words, it is not backdated to the date of death.
- then: PhD registration is then backdated to the start of your study.
- also: The settlement came in last May, but was also backdated to February, which was also welcomed by members.
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