INDORSEMENT
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)
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; promotion; promotional material; publicity (a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution)
Meaning:
A speech seconding a motion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
secondment; indorsement; endorsement; second
Context example:
do I hear a second?
Hypernyms ("indorsement" is a kind of...):
agreement (the verbal act of agreeing)
Meaning:
Formal and explicit approval
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
sanction; imprimatur; countenance; endorsement; indorsement; 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)
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)
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)
