What is "indorsement"

Indorsement \In*dorse"ment\, n. [From Indorse; cf. Endorsement.] [Written also endorsement.]

1. The act of writing on the back of a note, bill, or other written instrument.

2. That which is written on the back of a note, bill, or other paper, as a name, an order for, or a receipt of, payment, or the return of an officer, etc.; a writing, usually upon the back, but sometimes on the face, of a negotiable instrument, by which the property therein is assigned and transferred.
   --Story. Byles. Burrill.

3. Sanction, support, or approval; as, the indorsement of a rumor, an opinion, a course, conduct.

   Blank indorsement. See under Blank.

see endorsement.

n. (alternative spelling of endorsement English)

1. n. a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books); "the author got all his friends to write blurbs for his book" [syn: endorsement, blurb]

2. a speech seconding a motion; "do I hear a second?" [syn: second, secondment, endorsement]

3. formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement" [syn: sanction, countenance, endorsement, warrant, imprimatur]

4. a signature that validates something; "the cashier would not cash the check without an endorsement" [syn: endorsement]

5. the act of endorsing; "a star athlete can make a lot of money from endorsements" [syn: endorsement]