different between endorsement vs cosign

English

Alternative forms

• endorsation (older American, Canadian)
• indorsation (Scotland)
• indorsement (older (American), Latinate)

Etymology

endorse +? -ment

Noun

endorsement (countable and uncountable, plural endorsements)

1. 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.

   Companies sometimes pay millions for product endorsement by celebrities.
2. 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. (aviation) 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. (education, certification) 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. Sponsorship, in means of money, by a company, business or enterprise.

   After the Olympics, he was hoping to get an endorsement deal.

6. 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.

Translations

See also

• allonge

English

Alternative forms

• co-sign

Etymology

co- +? sign

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??.sa?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ko?.sa?n/
• Homophone: cosine

Verb

cosign (third-person singular simple present cosigns, present participle cosigning, simple past and past participle cosigned)

1. To sign a document jointly with another person, sometimes as an endorsement.
2. (slang) To agree with or endorse

Derived terms

• cosignatory

Translations

Noun

cosign (plural cosigns)

1. The promotion of one musical artist (usually less successful) by another.

Anagrams

• Scogin, coigns, cosing, incogs