blank endorsement

blank endorsement
noun
an endorsement on commercial paper naming no payee and so payable to the bearer
Hypernyms: ↑endorsement, ↑indorsement

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noun
: an endorsement of commercial paper that omits the name of a person in whose favor the endorsement is made and makes the paper payable to the bearer and that is usually made by simply writing the name of the endorser on the back of the paper

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an endorsement on a check or note naming no payee, and therefore payable to bearer. Also called endorsement in blank.

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blank endorsement,
an endorsement by a simple signature, which makes a check, note, or the like, payable to the bearer.

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  • Blank endorsement — of a financial instrument such as a check is only a signature, not indicating the payee. The effect of this is that it is payable only to the bearer.It is an endorsement consisting of nothing but a signature and allowing any party in possession… …   Wikipedia

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  • blank endorsement — signature (on a check, note, etc.) which makes it payable to anyone who possesses it …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • endorsement in blank — endorsement in blank: blank endorsement at endorsement Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

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