endorsement
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- noun
- /ɪnˈdɔːrsmənt/
- Specialized
:
endoso
- A graduate in Communications-Editorial Journalism, Susan also has a master's in Education and a school library endorsement.
Examples
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Her career began with my endorsement of the pen.
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The steering committee asked organizations and schools to sign endorsements for the National Agenda Project.
Academic text (1996) -
You have to get the endorsement.
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Send it back without my endorsement.
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For most tests you need an endorsement from an instructor for the check ride.
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To become qualified, one must earn an endorsement in the field of gifted education.
Academic text (2006) -
Jan had earned a master's degree with a state reading endorsement.
Academic text (2015) -
To increase the response rate, a stamped return envelope and an endorsement letter from the principals of participating schools were included.
Academic text (2006) -
All right, the parole board has received Mr. Bowland's fitness report, his ID-44, and endorsement from his section warden...
Fiction book (1991) -
To deposit the check, you need an endorsement on the back from the account holder.
Synonyms
A written signature or note showing approval on a document like a check
A signature on the back of a check that lets anyone holding it cash or deposit it
A signature that does not name a person, so anyone who holds a check or note can cash it
Compounds
- Specialized
A signature on the back of a check that lets anyone holding it cash or deposit it
- Formal
A signature that does not name a person, so anyone who holds a check or note can cash it
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Endorsement comes from the old verb endorse, which once meant to put a note 'on the back' of a paper, from the Latin root dorsum meaning 'back'. So an endorsement on a check is literally a signature written on the back to make the paper valid.