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endorsement en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ɪnˈdɔːɹs.mənt/

Etymology

Etymology tree English endorse Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English endorsement From endorse + -ment.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or quality of endorsing
   • Companies sometimes pay millions for product endorsement by celebrities.
   • The bank required that cheque endorsement be witnessed by a cashier.
   • Rank-and-file progressives don’t usually think of the immigration policies they support—expanding refugee quotas, easing restrictions on some classes of immigrants, and ending family separation—as an endorsement of detention, deportation, and racialized terror. 2019 July 15, Greg Afinogenov, “The Jewish Case for Open Borders”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019:
   • The association announced its endorsement of the policy.
2. (countable, uncountable) An amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document (such as a driving licence).
   • Mr. Jones paid extra for the flood damage endorsement on his house insurance.
3. (countable, uncountable) An instructor's signed acknowledgement of time practising specific flying skills.
   • Once she obtained the endorsement of her night flying hours, Joanna was approved to take the pilot's examination.
4. (countable, qualifier:certification, uncountable) Permission to carry out a specific skill or application in a field in which the practitioner already has a general licence.
   • Wanted: Accredited teacher with Grade 12 mathematics endorsement.
   • To transport gasoline, truckers must have a valid licence and the hazardous materials endorsement.
5. (countable, uncountable) Sponsorship, in means of money, by a company, business or enterprise.
   • After the Olympics, he was hoping to get an endorsement deal.
6. (countable, uncountable) Support from an important, renowned figure of a media (celebrity, politics, sports, etc.), to get back up.
   • I'm not sure whether an endorsement from Donald Trump will help or hurt.

Forms

Deriveds

disendorsement · absolute endorsement · anti-endorsement · nonendorsement

Relateds

allonge

Translations (78)

de Befürwortung (the act or quality of endorsing) · fr sponsoring (sponsorship, in means of money, by a company, business or enterprise) · kk индоссамент (sponsorship, in means of money, by a company, business or enterprise) · ru спонсорство (sponsorship, in means of money, by a company, business or enterprise) · de Bestätigung (an instructor's signed acknowledgement of time practising specific flying skills) · de Zusatz (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · hu forgatmányozás (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · es apoyo (support from an important, renowned figure of a media) · nb godkjenning (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · de Förderung (sponsorship, in means of money, by a company, business or enterprise) · it approvazione (the act or quality of endorsing) · it appoggio (support from an important, renowned figure of a media) · pt aprovação (the act or quality of endorsing) · it approvazione (permission to carry out a specific skill or application in a field in which the practitioner already has a general licence) · hu forgatmány (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · fr soutien (support from an important, renowned figure of a media) · nb tilslutning (the act or quality of endorsing) · nb godkjenning (permission to carry out a specific skill or application in a field in which the practitioner already has a general licence) · es endoso (the act or quality of endorsing) · de Zusatzqualifikation (permission to carry out a specific skill or application in a field in which the practitioner already has a general licence) · ru одобрение (the act or quality of endorsing) · hu feljegyzés (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · de Nachweis (an instructor's signed acknowledgement of time practising specific flying skills) · nb endossement (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · da godkendelse (the act or quality of endorsing) · nb tilslutning (sponsorship, in means of money, by a company, business or enterprise) · ru эндо́рсмент (support from an important, renowned figure of a media) · pt recomendação (the act or quality of endorsing) · hu bejegyzés (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · de Berechtigung (permission to carry out a specific skill or application in a field in which the practitioner already has a general licence) · de Nachtrag (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · ru поправка (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · de Bestätigung (the act or quality of endorsing) · da støtte (the act or quality of endorsing) · pt aval (the act or quality of endorsing) · de Anhang (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · pt averbação (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · nb godkjenning (the act or quality of endorsing) · it sostegno (support from an important, renowned figure of a media) · hu záradékolás (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · es endorso (the act or quality of endorsing) · hu hátirat (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · pt averbamento (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · it avallo (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · uk індосаме́нт (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · da påtegning (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · da tilslutning (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · nb godkjennelse (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · fr endorsement (sponsorship, in means of money, by a company, business or enterprise) · de Anerkennung (an instructor's signed acknowledgement of time practising specific flying skills) · ru поддержка (support from an important, renowned figure of a media) · de Unterstützungserklärung (support from an important, renowned figure of a media) · id endorsemen (the act or quality of endorsing) · da endossering (the act or quality of endorsing) · de Empfehlung (support from an important, renowned figure of a media) · de Befähigungsnachweis (permission to carry out a specific skill or application in a field in which the practitioner already has a general licence) · de Fürsprache (support from an important, renowned figure of a media) · es endorsamiento (support from an important, renowned figure of a media) · hu záradék (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · pt apoio (the act or quality of endorsing) · nb godkjennelse (permission to carry out a specific skill or application in a field in which the practitioner already has a general licence) · de Unterstützung (the act or quality of endorsing) · hu hozzájárulás (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · da anbefaling (support from an important, renowned figure of a media) · da godkendelse (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · it sponsorizzazione (sponsorship, in means of money, by a company, business or enterprise) · hu jóváhagyás (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · uk схва́лення (the act or quality of endorsing) · hu támogatás (the act or quality of endorsing) · ru изменение (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · nb påtegning (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · es endorso (support from an important, renowned figure of a media) · it riconoscimento (the act or quality of endorsing) · it avallo (support from an important, renowned figure of a media) · hu hátiratozás (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · id endorsemen (an amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document) · nl bekrachtiging (the act or quality of endorsing) · pt apoio (support from an important, renowned figure of a media)