endorsement
/ɪnˈdɔːɹs.mənt/ noun C1- The act or quality of endorsing · The association announced its endorsement of the policy.· The bank required that cheque endorsement be witnessed by a cashier.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sponsorship, in means of money, by a company, business or enterprise. · After the Olympics, he was hoping to get an endorsement deal.
- 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.
Plural endorsements
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“Excellent; he presented himself this morning with a bond of 40,000 francs, payable at sight, on you, signed by Busoni, and returned by you to me, with your endorsement—of course, I immediately counted him over the forty bank-notes.”
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