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Indorsation vs Endorsement - What's the difference?

indorsation | endorsement | Alternative forms |

Endorsement is a alternative form of indorsation.



As nouns the difference between indorsation and endorsement

is that indorsation is an endorsement while endorsement is the act or quality of endorsing.

indorsation

English

Alternative forms

*endorsation

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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.
  • * 1766 , William Gordon, The General Counting-house, and Man of Business
    • The indorser remits it to his correspondent, with an indorsation or transference of property.
  • * 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 , , 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 ,
    • 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.

    endorsement

    English

    (wikipedia endorsement)

    Alternative forms

    * endorsation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • An amendment or added notation 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.
  • (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.
  • (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 .
  • Sponsorship, in means of money, by a company, business or enterprise.
    • After the Olympics, he was hoping to get an endorsement deal.
  • 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.

    See also

    * allonge