The meaning of Indorse

Indorse – definition

verb
Declare one's public approval or support of.
Usage examples:
The report was endorsed by the college
verb
Sign (a cheque or bill of exchange) on the back to make it payable to someone other than the stated payee or to accept responsibility for paying it.
Usage examples:
But in many cases the payee indorses the cheque even if it is collected for his own account.
Synonims:
Countersign Sign on the back Initial Autograph Put one's mark on Inscribe Superscribe Witness Validate Underwrite Side-sign Chirographate
verb
(in the uk) mark (a driving licence) with the penalty points given as a punishment for a driving offence.
Usage examples:
His licence was endorsed with five points
verb
(in south africa under apartheid) order a black person to leave an urban area for failing to meet certain requirements of the native laws amendment act.
Usage examples:
A further 500,000 had been endorsed out of urban areas under the pass laws

Indorse translation into English

Indorse: translate from English into Chinese

拥护, 合法化

Indorse: translate from English into Dutch

Gireren, Onderschrijven, Bevestigen, Endosseren, Overdragen, Wenden, Steunen

Indorse: translate from English into French

Endosser, Approuver, Donner son aval à, Signer, Ratifier

Indorse: translate from English into German

Indossieren, Bestätigen, Billigen, Sich anschließen, Unterzeichnen, Unterschreiben

Indorse: translate from English into Hindi

पुष्टि करना, अनुमोदान करना, पृष्ठांकित करना, साबित करना, समर्थन करना, तसदीक़ करना, पृष्ठांकन करना, पृष्ठलेख लिखना

Indorse: translate from English into Italian

Indovinare, Avallare, Girare, Sanzionare, Approvare, Firmare, Confermare

Indorse: translate from English into Korean

실내, 배서하다, 이서하다, 뒷받침하다, 위반 죄과를 이서하다, 추천하다

Indorse: translate from English into Russian

Поддерживать, Подтверждать, Одобрять, Делать передаточную надпись, Индоссировать

Indorse: translate from English into Spanish

Endosar, Avalar, Aprobar, Ratificar, Testar

Word origin

late 15th century (in the sense ‘write on the back of’; formerly also as indorse ): from medieval Latin indorsare, from Latin in- ‘in, on’ + dorsum ‘back’.

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Indorse – similar words

indorsed

verb
Declare one's public approval or support of.
Usage examples:
The report was endorsed by the college

verb
→ endorse

All meanings and translations of Indorsed

Indorse synonims

autograph

noun
A signature, especially that of a celebrity written as a memento for an admirer.
Usage examples:
Fans surged around the car asking for autographs

verb
Write one's signature on (something); sign.
Usage examples:
The whole team autographed a shirt for him

adjective
Written in the author's own handwriting.
Usage examples:
An autograph manuscript

All meanings and translations of Autograph

countersign

verb
Add a signature to (a document already signed by another person).
Usage examples:
Each cheque had to be signed and countersigned

noun
A signal or password given in reply to a soldier on guard.
Usage examples:
Advance, patrol, and give the countersign to me

verb
To sign an important document that someone else has already signed, in order to make it able to be accepted
Usage examples:
The club's annual accounts are prepared by the treasurer and countersigned by an accountant.

All meanings and translations of Countersign

initial

ɪˈnɪʃ.əl

adjective
Existing or occurring at the beginning.
Usage examples:
Our initial impression was favourable

noun
The first letter of a name or word, typically a person's given name or a word forming part of a phrase.
Usage examples:
They carved their initials into the tree trunk

verb
Mark or sign (a document) with one's initials in order to authorize or validate it.
Usage examples:
The man initialled the three warrants

All meanings and translations of Initial

inscribe

verb
Write or carve (words or symbols) on something, especially as a formal or permanent record.
Usage examples:
His name was inscribed on the new silver trophy

verb
To write words in a book or cut words onto the surface of an object
Usage examples:
She inscribed the book, "to my number-one fan.", wind and rain wore away the inscriptions on the gr…

All meanings and translations of Inscribe

superscribe

verb
Write or print (an inscription) at the top of or on the outside of a document.
Usage examples:
He invariably will want to superscribe the memo with one of his banal mottoes

All meanings and translations of Superscribe

underwrite

verb
Sign and accept liability under (an insurance policy), thus guaranteeing payment in case loss or damage occurs.
Usage examples:
The policy, underwritten at lloyd's, indemnifies trustees against loss arising from wrongful acts

verb
To support something that costs money by promising to pay for it, or by promising to pay if necessary to protect others who are risking their money
Usage examples:
The museum show was largely underwritten by a grant from the government of sweden.

verb
To give an activity financial support and take responsibility for paying any costs if it fails
Usage examples:
He underwrote a friend's development company in new york., many businesses have underwritten the ev…

All meanings and translations of Underwrite

validate

verb
Check or prove the validity or accuracy of.
Usage examples:
All analytical methods should be validated in respect of accuracy

verb
To make something officially acceptable or approved
Usage examples:
A signature is one of the ways you validate checks and contracts., external validation of the teach…

verb
To check that something is officially true and acceptable, especially in order to approve it
Usage examples:
The test results have been validated by independent experts., validate an agreement/a contract, the…

All meanings and translations of Validate

witness

noun
A person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place.
Usage examples:
Police are appealing for witnesses to the accident

verb
See (an event, typically a crime or accident) happen.
Usage examples:
Staff who witnessed the murder

noun
A person who sees an event happening, esp. a crime or an accident
Usage examples:
[ c ] according to witnesses, the car used in the robbery was a green van with pennsylvania license…

All meanings and translations of Witness

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