endorsement
/ɪnˈdɔːɹs.mənt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.75 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document (such as a driving licence).
Countable; Uncountable
noun
An instructor's signed acknowledgement of time practising specific flying skills.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Permission to carry out a specific skill or application in a field in which the practitioner already has a general licence.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The association announced its endorsement of the policy."
- "The bank required that cheque endorsement be witnessed by a cashier."
- "Companies sometimes pay millions for product endorsement by celebrities."
- "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."
- "Mr. Jones paid extra for the flood damage endorsement on his house insurance."
- "Once she obtained the endorsement of her night flying hours, Joanna was approved to take the pilot's examination."
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.