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English Dictionary: endorsement	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for endorsement
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
endorsement n a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books); "the author got all his friends to write blurbs for his book" Synonym(s): endorsement, indorsement, blurb a speech seconding a motion; "do I hear a second?" Synonym(s): second, secondment, endorsement, indorsement formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement" Synonym(s): sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, warrant, imprimatur a signature that validates something; "the cashier would not cash the check without an endorsement" Synonym(s): endorsement, indorsement the act of endorsing; "a star athlete can make a lot of money from endorsements" Synonym(s): endorsement, indorsement
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Indorsement \In*dorse"ment\, n. [From {Indorse}; cf. {Endorsement}.] [Written also {endorsement}.] 1. The act of writing on the back of a note, bill, or other written instrument. 2. That which is written on the back of a note, bill, or other paper, as a name, an order for, or a receipt of, payment, or the return of an officer, etc.; a writing, usually upon the back, but sometimes on the face, of a negotiable instrument, by which the property therein is assigned and transferred. --Story. Byles. Burrill. 3. Sanction, support, or approval; as, the indorsement of a rumor, an opinion, a course, conduct. {Blank indorsement}. See under {Blank}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Endorsement \En*dorse"ment\, n. [Cf. F. endossement.] Same as {Indorsement}.