endorsement Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)
    indorsement; blurb.
    • the author got all his friends to write blurbs for his book
  2. noun a speech seconding a motion
    second; indorsement; secondment.
    • do I hear a second?
  3. noun formal and explicit approval
    sanction; indorsement; countenance; imprimatur; warrant.
    • a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement
  4. noun a signature that validates something
    indorsement.
    • the cashier would not cash the check without an endorsement
  5. noun the act of endorsing
    indorsement.
    • a star athlete can make a lot of money from endorsements

WordNet


En*dorse"ment noun
Etymology
Cf. F. endossement.
Definitions
  1. Same as Indorsement.

Webster 1913