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Assignment of a date that precedes the date on which a particular contract or instrument was actually written or executed. For example, antedated insurance coverage would be effective before the date the policy is issued.

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verb

To come, exist, or occur before in time: antecede, precede, predate. See precede/follow.

v

Definition: occur or cause to occur earlier
Antonyms: predate

A date entered on a legal contract or check that is prior to the actual date of occurrence. An antedate can sometimes be used if a contract has been delayed, to make sure the parties do not suffer from delays in the contract. Antedates can also be used illegally to benefit the parties involved by shifting dates in contracts to achieve more desirable terms.

Also known as "backdate".

Investopedia Says:
If an employee submits a form late for benefits, antedating the contract can be positive in that it protects the employee from losing benefits. On the other hand, antedating can also be used negatively. For example, since the strike price of executive stock options is based on the stock price that corresponds to the day of when these options are granted, the option grant date can be unethically antedated to a day in the past, where the stock's price was at a low for the benefit of the executives.

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See words rhyming with "antedate."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - antedatere, foruddatere
n. - for tidlig dato

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorafgaan aan, antidateren, eerdere datum dan de eigenlijk datum

Français (French)
v. tr. - antidater, dater d'avant
n. - antécédent, précédent

Deutsch (German)
v. - zurückdatieren, vorausgehen
n. - Zurückdatierung

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προχρονολογώ

Italiano (Italian)
antidata

Português (Portuguese)
v. - pré-datar (carta, cheque)

Русский (Russian)
датировать задним числом

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - antedatar, preceder, ser anterior
n. - antedatado, precedido

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - fördatera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
比实际书写早的日期, 早于, 使提前发生, 比正确日期早的日期

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 比實際書寫早的日期, 早於, 使提前發生
n. - 比正確日期早的日期

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 앞서다
n. - 앞선 날짜

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 以前の日付にする, …より時代が前である, 前の日付を付ける
n. - 前日付

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يؤرخ بتاريخ سابق, تاريخ متقدم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הקדים תאריך, קרה לפני, קדם ל-‬
n. - ‮תאריך קודם לתאריך הנוכחי‬

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