Indorsement — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)

a speech seconding a motion

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪndˈɔːɹsmənt/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪndˈɔːsmənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪndˈɔːsmənt/

4 syllables Say it as /ɪndˈɔːɹsmənt/.

Examples

the author got all his friends to write blurbs for his book
do I hear a second?
a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

sanction endorsement imprimatur warrant second secondment blurb countenance

Parts of Speech

noun	a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books) “the author got all his friends to write blurbs for his book”
noun	a speech seconding a motion “do I hear a second?”
noun	formal and explicit approval “a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement”
noun	a signature that validates something “the cashier would not cash the check without an endorsement”
noun	the act of endorsing “a star athlete can make a lot of money from endorsements”

Word Forms

endorse	verb	give support or one's approval to
indorse	verb	be behind; approve of
second	verb	give support or one's approval to
sanction	verb	give authority or permission to
countenance	verb	consent to, give permission

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Indossament

eine Werbeaussage (wie sie auf den Schutzumschlägen von Büchern zu finden ist)

🇫🇷French

endossement

une déclaration promotionnelle (que l'on trouve sur les jaquettes des livres)

🇪🇸Spanish

endoso

una declaración promocional (como se encuentra en las sobrecubiertas de los libros)

🇮🇹Italian

approvazione

una dichiarazione promozionale (come si trova sulle sovraccoperte dei libri)

🇳🇱Dutch

goedkeuring

een promotionele verklaring (zoals te vinden op de stofomslagen van boeken)

🇵🇹Portuguese

endosso

uma declaração promocional (conforme encontrada nas sobrecapas dos livros)

🇷🇺Russian

одобрение

рекламное заявление (как на суперобложках книг)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

तसदीक़

एक प्रचार वक्तव्य (जैसा कि किताबों के डस्ट जैकेट पर पाया गया है)

🇧🇩Bengali

অনুমোদন

একটি প্রচারমূলক বিবৃতি (যেমন বইয়ের ডাস্ট জ্যাকেটে পাওয়া যায়)

🇮🇳Tamil

உள்தள்ளல்

ஒரு விளம்பர அறிக்கை (புத்தகங்களின் தூசி ஜாக்கெட்டுகளில் காணப்படுவது)

🇮🇳Telugu

ఇండోర్స్మెంట్

ఒక ప్రచార ప్రకటన (పుస్తకాల డస్ట్ జాకెట్లపై కనిపించే విధంగా)

🇮🇳Marathi

समर्थन

एक प्रमोशनल स्टेटमेंट (पुस्तकांच्या डस्ट जॅकेटवर आढळल्याप्रमाणे)

🇮🇳Gujarati

સમર્થન

પ્રમોશનલ સ્ટેટમેન્ટ (પુસ્તકોના ડસ્ટ જેકેટ પર જોવા મળે છે)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಒಳಭಾಗ

ಪ್ರಚಾರದ ಹೇಳಿಕೆ (ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳ ಧೂಳಿನ ಜಾಕೆಟ್‌ಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕಂಡುಬರುವಂತೆ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഇൻഡോഴ്സ്മെൻ്റ്

ഒരു പ്രൊമോഷണൽ പ്രസ്താവന (പുസ്തകങ്ങളുടെ ഡസ്റ്റ് ജാക്കറ്റുകളിൽ കാണുന്നത് പോലെ)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਮਰਥਨ

ਇੱਕ ਪ੍ਰਚਾਰਕ ਬਿਆਨ (ਜਿਵੇਂ ਕਿ ਕਿਤਾਬਾਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਧੂੜ ਵਾਲੀਆਂ ਜੈਕਟਾਂ 'ਤੇ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ)

🇵🇰Urdu

توثیق

ایک پروموشنل بیان (جیسا کہ کتابوں کی ڈسٹ جیکٹس پر پایا جاتا ہے)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

背书

促销声明（可在书籍的封套上找到）

🇯🇵Japanese

シグナチャー

宣伝文（書籍のジャケットに記載されているもの）

🇰🇷Korean

배서

판촉 문구(책의 먼지 덮개에 있음)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự chứng thực

một tuyên bố quảng cáo (như được tìm thấy trên bìa sách)

🇹🇭Thai

การรับรอง

ข้อความส่งเสริมการขาย (ตามที่พบในเสื้อกันฝุ่นของหนังสือ)

🇮🇩Indonesian

persetujuan

pernyataan promosi (seperti yang ditemukan di jaket debu buku)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تظهير

بيان ترويجي (كما هو موجود على سترات الغبار للكتب)

🇮🇷Persian

تاییدیه

یک بیانیه تبلیغاتی (همانطور که روی جلد کتاب ها مشاهده می شود)

🇹🇷Turkish

ciro

bir tanıtım beyanı (kitapların toz ceketlerinde bulunduğu gibi)

🇮🇱Hebrew

עידוד

הצהרת קידום מכירות (כפי שנמצא על עטיפת הספרים)

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