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  • verb Present participle of backdate.

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Examples

  • At the time, VA spokeswoman Alison Aikele, told the Albany Times-Union an "initial investigation revealed that someone in the regional office intentionally entered veterans 'claim documents with incorrect dates -- called' backdating '-- into an internal database."

    Luis Montalvan and Aaron Glantz: New York's Department of Veterans' Affairs: Where's the Outrage? 2009

  • Times-Union an "initial investigation revealed that someone in the regional office intentionally entered veterans 'claim documents with incorrect dates -- called' backdating '-- into an internal database."

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

  • Times-Union an "initial investigation revealed that someone in the regional office intentionally entered veterans 'claim documents with incorrect dates -- called' backdating '-- into an internal database."

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

  • In a letter Sunday to Mr. Thorson, OTS Director John Reich called the backdating episode "a relatively small factor in the events leading to the failure of IndyMac."

    Regulator Let IndyMac Backdate Infusion 2008

  • ALLEN WASTLER, MANAGING EDITOR, CNNMONEY. COM: And the number this week is 83, 83 is the number of companies that are formally under investigation by the government for doing a little sanangains called backdating the options.

    CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2006 2006

  • ALLEN WASTLER, MANAGING EDITOR, CNNMONEY. COM: And the number this week is 83, 83 is the number of companies that are formally under investigation by the government for doing a little sanangains called backdating the options.

    CNN Transcript Sep 23, 2006 2006

  • The cable TV company restated its second-quarter results, and announced it had been subpoenaed by a grand jury regarding so-called backdating of stock options.

    One-Two Punch For Cablevision? 2006

  • In particular, the investigations have centered on so-called backdating of options, in which paperwork is filed that pretends the grant was made at an earlier date than it actually was.

    More Execs Ousted As Options Scandal Widens 2006

  • Most of these cases involve what is known as backdating, the practice of pricing options based on dates when the companies' shares were trading at low prices.

    Options Probe Derails UTStarcom Stock 2006

  • "The backdating was a request on their side," said Shaik.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

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