endorsement

C1 Topic:People & Society
US /ɛnˈdɔrsmənt/
noun Freq #16824

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Public approval or support for a person, product, or idea.

    The candidate won the endorsement of the local union.

  2. 2
    noun

    A deal in which a famous person is paid to publicly promote a product.

    After the Olympics, the runner signed several lucrative endorsement deals.

  3. 3
    noun

    A signature on the back of a cheque or document that makes it valid.

    The bank would not cash the cheque without his endorsement.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · public approval or support... sanctionapproval
3 noun · a signature on the back of... indorsement
Word family
Forms endorsements
Derived forms anti-endorsementdisendorsementnonendorsement
Related forms allonge

Etymology

From endorse + -ment.

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