Indorsement \In*dorse"ment\, n. [From Indorse; cf.
Endorsement.] [Written also endorsement.]
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1. The act of writing on the back of a note, bill, or other
written instrument.
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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.
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3. Sanction, support, or approval; as, the indorsement of a
rumor, an opinion, a course, conduct.
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Blank indorsement. See under Blank. Indorser
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Endorsement \En*dorse"ment\, n. [Cf. F. endossement.]
Same as Indorsement.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
endorsement
n 1: a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of
books); "the author got all his friends to write blurbs
for his book" [syn: indorsement, blurb]
2: a speech seconding a motion; "do I hear a second?" [syn: second,
secondment, indorsement]
3: formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the
union's endorsement" [syn: sanction, countenance, indorsement,
warrant, imprimatur]
4: a signature that validates something; "the cashier would not
cash the check without an endorsement" [syn: indorsement]
5: the act of endorsing; "a star athlete can make a lot of
money from endorsements" [syn: indorsement]
WordNet (r) 2.0
85 Moby Thesaurus words for "endorsement":
John Hancock, OK, X, acceptance, accord, acquiescence, adherence,
admiration, affirmance, affirmation, affirmative,
affirmative voice, agreement, approbation, approval, assent,
authentication, authorization, autograph, aye, backing, blessing,
certification, christcross, cipher, compliance, confirmation,
connivance, consent, countenance, countermark, countersign,
countersignature, counterstamp, cross, device, eagerness, esteem,
favor, favorable vote, fiat, go-ahead, green light, hand,
imprimatur, indorsement, initials, mark, mark of signature,
monogram, nod, notarization, okay, permission, promptitude,
promptness, ratification, readiness, respect, rubber stamp,
sanction, seal, seal of approval, sigil, sign manual, signature,
signet, stamp, stamp of approval, submission, subscription,
support, the nod, ungrudgingness, unloathness, unreluctance,
validation, visa, vise, voice, vote, warrant, willingness, yea,
yea vote
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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