Search Result for "indorsement":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (5)
1. a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books);
- Example: "the author got all his friends to write blurbs for his book"
[syn: endorsement, indorsement, blurb]
2. a speech seconding a motion;
- Example: "do I hear a second?"
[syn: second, secondment, endorsement, indorsement]
3. formal and explicit approval;
- Example: "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"
[syn: sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, warrant, imprimatur]
4. a signature that validates something;
- Example: "the cashier would not cash the check without an endorsement"
[syn: endorsement, indorsement]
5. the act of endorsing;
- Example: "a star athlete can make a lot of money from endorsements"
[syn: endorsement, indorsement]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Indorsement \In*dorse"ment\, n. [From Indorse; cf. Endorsement.] [Written also endorsement.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of writing on the back of a note, bill, or other written instrument. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. Sanction, support, or approval; as, the indorsement of a rumor, an opinion, a course, conduct. [1913 Webster] Blank indorsement. See under Blank. Indorser
