INDORSEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does indorsement mean? 

• INDORSEMENT (noun)
  The noun INDORSEMENT has 5 senses:

1. a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)

2. a speech seconding a motion

3. formal and explicit approval

4. a signature that validates something

5. the act of endorsing

  Familiarity information: INDORSEMENT used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDORSEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

blurb; endorsement; indorsement

Context example:

the author got all his friends to write blurbs for his book

Hypernyms ("indorsement" is a kind of...):

packaging; promo; promotion; promotional material; publicity (a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution)

Derivation:

indorse (be behind; approve of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A speech seconding a motion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

endorsement; indorsement; second; secondment

Context example:

do I hear a second?

Hypernyms ("indorsement" is a kind of...):

agreement (the verbal act of agreeing)

Derivation:

indorse (give support or one's approval to)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Formal and explicit approval

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

countenance; endorsement; imprimatur; indorsement; sanction; warrant

Context example:

a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement

Hypernyms ("indorsement" is a kind of...):

approval; commendation (a message expressing a favorable opinion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "indorsement"):

O.K.; OK; okay; okeh; okey (an endorsement)

visa (an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it)

nihil obstat (the phrase used by the official censor of the Roman Catholic Church to say that a publication has been examined and contains nothing offensive to the church)

Derivation:

indorse (guarantee as meeting a certain standard)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A signature that validates something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

endorsement; indorsement

Context example:

the cashier would not cash the check without an endorsement

Hypernyms ("indorsement" is a kind of...):

signature (your name written in your own handwriting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "indorsement"):

blank endorsement; endorsement in blank (an endorsement on commercial paper naming no payee and so payable to the bearer)

Derivation:

indorse (sign as evidence of legal transfer)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The act of endorsing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

endorsement; indorsement

Context example:

a star athlete can make a lot of money from endorsements

Hypernyms ("indorsement" is a kind of...):

support (aiding the cause or policy or interests of)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "indorsement"):

aegis; auspices; protection (kindly endorsement and guidance)

Derivation:

indorse (be behind; approve of)