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indorse

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪnˈdɔːs/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(in dôrs′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
in•dorse  (in dôrs′),USA pronunciation v.t., -dorsed, -dors•ing. 
  1. Businessendorse.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
indorse /ɪnˈdɔːs/ vb
  1. a variant spelling of endorse
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
en•dorse /ɛnˈdɔrs/USA pronunciation   v. [~ + object], -dorsed, -dors•ing. 
  1. to express or give approval or support of, esp. publicly: to endorse a political candidate.
  2. to designate oneself as receiver of by signing:Endorse the check on the other side.
en•dors•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
en•dorse  (en dôrs′),USA pronunciation v., -dorsed, -dors•ing, n. 
v.t. 
  1. to approve, support, or sustain:to endorse a political candidate.
  2. to designate oneself as payee of (a check) by signing, usually on the reverse side of the instrument.
  3. Businessto sign one's name on (a commercial document or other instrument).
  4. Businessto make over (a stated amount) to another as payee by one's endorsement.
  5. to write (something) on the back of a document, paper, etc.:to endorse instructions; to endorse one's signature.
  6. to acknowledge (payment) by placing one's signature on a bill, draft, etc.

n. 
  1. [Heraldry.]a narrow pale, about one quarter the usual width and usually repeated several times.
Also, indorse (for defs. 1–6).
  • Latin dorsum
  • Old French endosser, equivalent. to en- en-1 + -dosser, derivative of dos
  • Medieval Latin indorsāre to endorse, equivalent. to Latin in- in-2 + -dorsāre, derivative of dorsum back; replacing endoss, Middle English endossen
  • variant (with en- for in-) of earlier indorse 1350–1400
en•dors′a•ble, adj. 
en•dors′er, en•dor′sor, n. 
en•dors′ing•ly, adv. 
en•dor′sive, adj. 
    1. sanction, ratify, uphold, sustain, back, second.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
endorse, indorse /ɪnˈdɔːs/ vb (transitive)
  1. to give approval or sanction to
  2. to sign (one's name) on the back of (a cheque, etc) to specify oneself as payee
    • to sign the back of (a negotiable document) to transfer ownership of the rights to a specified payee
    • to specify (a designated sum) as transferable to another as payee
  4. to write (a qualifying comment, recommendation, etc) on the back of a document
  5. to sign (a document), as when confirming receipt of payment
  6. chiefly Brit to record (a conviction) on (a driving licence)
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French endosser to put on the back, from en-1 + dos back, from Latin dorsumenˈdorsable, inˈdorsable adj enˈdorser, enˈdorsor, inˈdorser, inˈdorsor n
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