indorsement

indorsement
noun
1. a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)
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the author got all his friends to write blurbs for his book

• Syn: ↑endorsement, ↑blurb
• Derivationally related forms: ↑indorse, ↑endorse (for: ↑endorsement)
• Hypernyms: ↑promotion, ↑publicity, ↑promotional material, ↑packaging
2. a speech seconding a motion
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do I hear a second?

• Syn: ↑second, ↑secondment, ↑endorsement
• Derivationally related forms: ↑indorse, ↑second (for: ↑secondment), ↑second (for: ↑second)
• Hypernyms: ↑agreement
3. formal and explicit approval
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a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement

• Syn: ↑sanction, ↑countenance, ↑endorsement, ↑warrant, ↑imprimatur
• Derivationally related forms: ↑indorse, ↑endorse (for: ↑endorsement), ↑countenance (for: ↑countenance), ↑sanction (for: ↑sanction)
• Hypernyms: ↑approval, ↑commendation
• Hyponyms:
↑O.K., ↑OK, ↑okay, ↑okey, ↑okeh, ↑visa, ↑nihil obstat
4. a signature that validates something
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the cashier would not cash the check without an endorsement

• Syn: ↑endorsement
• Derivationally related forms: ↑indorse, ↑endorse (for: ↑endorsement)
• Hypernyms: ↑signature
5. the act of endorsing
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a star athlete can make a lot of money from endorsements

• Syn: ↑endorsement
• Derivationally related forms: ↑indorse, ↑endorse (for: ↑endorsement)
• Hypernyms: ↑support
• Hyponyms: ↑auspices, ↑protection, ↑aegis

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inˈdorsement
[Another form of endorsement: see indorse v.]
The action of indorsing a document; the signature or writing on the back of such document; spec. that by which a bill or cheque is made payable to another person.
– [see endorsement].

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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