- postdate
- Finto put a later date on a document or check than the date when it is signed, with the effect that it is not valid until the later date
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postdate — [ pɔstdat ] n. f. • 1536; de post et date ♦ Admin. Date portée sur un document et qui est postérieure à la date réelle. ⊗ CONTR. Antidate. ● postdate nom féminin Date postérieure substituée à la date réelle. ● postdate (synonymes) nom féminin… … Encyclopédie Universelle
postdate — index succeed (follow) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 postdate … Law dictionary
Postdate — Post date , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Postdated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Postdating}.] [Pref. post + date.] 1. To date after the real time; as, to postdate a contract, that is, to date it later than the time when it was in fact made. [1913 Webster] 2. To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Postdate — Post date , a. Made or done after the date assigned. [1913 Webster] Of these [predictions] some were postdate; cunningly made after the thing came to pass. Fuller. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Postdate — Post date , n. A date put to a bill of exchange or other paper, later than that when it was actually made. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
postdaté — postdaté, ée (post da té, tée) part. passé de postdater … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
postdate — (v.) also post date, 1620s, from POST (Cf. post ) + DATE (Cf. date) (v.1) to assign a date to, to mark a date on. Related: Postdated; postdating … Etymology dictionary
postdate — [pōst dāt′, pōst′dāt΄] vt. postdated, postdating 1. to assign a later date to than the actual or current date 2. to write such a date on 3. to be subsequent to … English World dictionary
postdate — post|date [ˌpəustˈdeıt US ˌpoust ] v [T] 1.) if you postdate a cheque, you write it with a date that is later than the actual date, so that it will not become effective until that time →↑backdate 2.) to happen, live, or be made later in history… … Dictionary of contemporary English
postdate — UK [ˌpəʊstˈdeɪt] / US [ˌpoʊstˈdeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms postdate : present tense I/you/we/they postdate he/she/it postdates present participle postdating past tense postdated past participle postdated 1) to put a date on a cheque or… … English dictionary
postdate — transitive verb Date: 1624 1. a. to date with a date later than that of execution < postdate a check > b. to assign (an event) to a date subsequent to that of actual occurrence 2. to follow in time … New Collegiate Dictionary
