Hypertext Webster Gateway: "endorsement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Indorsement \In*dorse"ment\, n. [From {Indorse}; cf.
{Endorsement}.] [Written also {endorsement}.]
1. The act of writing on the back of a note, bill, or other
written instrument.
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.
3. Sanction, support, or approval; as, the indorsement of a
rumor, an opinion, a course, conduct.
{Blank indorsement}. See under {Blank}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Endorsement \En*dorse"ment\, n. [Cf. F. endossement.]
Same as {Indorsement}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
endorsement
n 1: a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of
books) [syn: {blurb}]
2: a speech seconding a motion; "do I hear a second?" [syn: {second}]
3: formal and explicit approval [syn: {sanction}, {countenance},
{warrant}, {imprimatur}]
4: a signature that endorses something
5: the act of endorsing
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