From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Endorsement \En*dorse"ment\, n. [Cf. F. endossement.]
Same as {Indorsement}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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: {endorsement}, {indorsement}, {blurb}]
2: a speech seconding a motion; "do I hear a second?" [syn:
{second}, {secondment}, {endorsement}, {indorsement}]
3: formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the
union's endorsement" [syn: {sanction}, {countenance},
{endorsement}, {indorsement}, {warrant}, {imprimatur}]
4: a signature that validates something; "the cashier would not
cash the check without an endorsement" [syn: {endorsement},
{indorsement}]
5: the act of endorsing; "a star athlete can make a lot of money
from endorsements" [syn: {endorsement}, {indorsement}]
|
