post-date

post-date
post-date ˌpost-ˈdate verb [transitive] BANKING
to write a date on a cheque that is later than the date when you are signing it, so that it does not become effective until then

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post-date UK US (also postdate) verb [T]
to write a date on a document, especially a cheque, that is later than the date on which you are writing it: »

If you cannot trust the salesman to wait until the date on a cheque before presenting it, then post-dating it is pointless.

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We always pay our credit card bill by post-dated cheque for encashment on the due date.

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a postdated letter of resignation

UK to make something such as a payment become effective at a later date: be post-dated »

The company has a lot of orders that were postdated until January

to happen or exist after something: »

The new terms and conditions, which postdate the time you used your card, state that if you make a charge in a currency other than sterling, that charge will be converted into sterling.

Compare BACKDATE(Cf. ↑backdate)

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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