Definitions for "Backdating"
Starting new subscriptions with back issues rather than with the current issue. This can be requested by the subscriber or could be initiated by the publisher to increase circulation volumes within an ABC audit period
In the context of mutual funds, a feature allowing fundholders to use an earlier date on a letter of intent to invest in a mutual fund in exchange for a reduced sales charge, e.g. Giving retroactive value to purchases from the earlier date.
Backdating is where a policy will begin before the date the cover is issued. For example, you buy a car and want to insure it from yesterday, that is backdating. Backdating insurance cover is illegal. Backdating insurance is often associated with motor insurance. Motorists who have been driving uninsured and want cover as they have had an accident are usually the main culprits to try and convince their insurance company to backdate insurance, and for this reason it is illegal to backdate insurance cover. It is also illegal if an insurance company issue a covernote before the time of issue. So if you were writing a covernote now and issued it from yesterday that would be illegal.
Keywords:  antedating
Same as Antedating.
Backdating is used in relation to funds that offer declining proportional sales charges of larger purchases. This permits investors to count previous purchases of the fund's shares in qualifying for reduced loads or sales charges on subsequent purchases.
The predating of a letter of intent (by as much as ninety days) to allow an investor to incorporate recent large deposits for the purpose of qualifying for a load discount on a purchase of open-end investment company shares.
Keywords:  backup, credit, line
Backed in Backup Line of Credit