Definition of backdater - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

legal

Rare

person who assigns earlier dates to documents

Rare

The backdater changed the contract date to last year.

falsifier

forger

finance

TECH.

entity involved in backdating financial transactions

TECH.

The company acted as a backdater for tax benefits.

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Origin of backdater

English, back (back) + date (date) + -er (suffix)

Examples of backdater in a sentence

As a backdater, he often manipulated the timelines of events.
The backdater manipulated the records for profit.
Auditors discovered the backdater's activities.

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French:falsificateur de dates, auteur de rétrodatation, ...
German:Rückdatierer, ...
Italian:retrodatatore, ...
Spanish:retrodatador, ...
Portuguese:retrodatador, ...
Chinese:倒签者, 倒填日期者, ...
Japanese:日付改ざん者, 日付変更者, ...
Arabic:مزوِّر التاريخ, جهة مؤرخة باثر رجعي, ...
Hebrew:מְשַׁנֶּה תַּאֲרִיכִים, מְזַיֵּף תַּאֲרִיכִים, ...
Russian:антидатировщик, задним числом, ...
Ukrainian:назначальник, підроблювач дат, ...
Hindi:पूर्वतिथि निर्धारक, पूर्व-तिथि करने वाला, ...
Bengali:ব্যাকডেটার, তারিখ পরিবর্তনকারী, ...
Catalan:falsificador de dates, retrodatador, ...
Czech:osoba zpětně datující dokumenty, subjekt provádějící zpětné datování, ...
Danish:tilbagedaterer, tilbagedateringsenhed, ...
Dutch:antidater, antidateerder, ...
Greek:χρονολογητής, αναδρομικός χρονολογητής, ...
Hungarian:visszadátumozó személy, pénzügyi visszadátumozást végző szereplő, ...
Khmer:អ្នកកំណត់កាលបរិច្ឆេទលើឯកសារឱ្យមុនថ្ងៃពិត, ស្ថាប័នដែលកែថ្ងៃប្រតិបត្តិការហិរញ្ញវត្ថ្រទៅជាថ្ងៃមុន, ...
Korean:백데이터, 소급자, ...
Persian:تاریخ‌زن, تاریخ‌گذار معکوس, ...
Polish:antedatownik, antydatownik, ...
Portuguese (BR):retrodatador, entidade retrodatadora, ...
Romanian:antedatator, entitate de antedatare, ...
Swedish:antedaterare, backdaterare, ...
Thai:คนที่กำหนดวันที่ก่อนหน้าให้กับเอกสาร, ผู้ลงวันที่ย้อนหลัง, ...
Turkish:geri tarihleyici, geriye dönük tarihleyici, ...
Vietnamese:người thay đổi ngày, đơn vị lùi ngày, ...

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