'Indorsement' definitions:
Definition of 'indorsement'
From: WordNet
noun
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]
noun
A speech seconding a motion; "do I hear a second?" [syn: second, secondment, endorsement, indorsement]
noun
Formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement" [syn: sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, warrant, imprimatur]
noun
A signature that validates something; "the cashier would not cash the check without an endorsement" [syn: endorsement, indorsement]
noun
The act of endorsing; "a star athlete can make a lot of money from endorsements" [syn: endorsement, indorsement]
Definition of 'Indorsement'
From: 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