different between indorsation vs endorsement

English

Alternative forms

• endorsation

Etymology

indorse +? -ation

Noun

indorsation (plural indorsations)

1. (Scotland) An endorsement.
   • 1540, Parliament of Scotland (James V), The indor?ation of letters ?uld be ?tamped (from The Laws And Acts Of Parliament Made by King James the First, and his Royal Successors, Kings and Queens Of Scotland, 1682)

     That na indor?ation ?all haue faith, nor be admitted, bot they that ar ?igned with the ?aids ?ignettes.

   • 1849, James William Gilbart, A Practical Treatise on Banking (5th Ed.)

     Should we say indorsement or indorsation? In England, we always use the word indorsement. In Scotland, the term more generally used is indorsation.

   • 1862, Alexander Montgomerie Bell, Lectures on Conveyancing (Vol. 1)

     As regards the indorser, the effect of a full indorsation is precisely the same as of a blank indorsation.

   • 1888, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, Vol. 2, Letter to Charles Baxter

     You succeeded Mr. Macbrair's firm; the Durrisdeers are extinct; and last year, in an old green box, you found these papers with Macbrair's indorsation.

   • 1919, Henry Louis Mencken, The American Language

     There is, however, much confusion among these authorities; the English are still unable to agree as to which American spellings they will adopt and which they will keep under the ban for a while longer...Both have abandoned enquire for inquire, but they remain faithful to encumbrance, endorse and enclose, though they list indorsation and the Oxford also gives indorsee.

Anagrams

• ordinations

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