0 the act of saying that you approve of or support something or someone: --
1 a mark on a driving licence that shows the driver is guilty of driving in an illegal way: --
2 the act of making a public statement of your support for something or someone: --
4 a statement made by someone in an advertisement, especially a well-known person, saying that they use and like a particular product: --
an endorsement contract/deal The young swimmer has just signed a lucrative endorsement deal with a well-known swimwear maker.
Artists and athletes can earn a lot of money from brands, film rights, product endorsements, and such things.
The company is considering other marketing tactics like celebrity endorsement and using cartoon characters to promote products.
5 a public statement made by someone saying that they approve of or support someone or something: --
endorsement by/from sb The plan, which would require endorsement by the federal government, is unlikely to be approved in its current form.
a ringing/strong/overwhelming endorsement
a government/official/personal endorsement Federal regulators gave their official endorsement to a technology standard for digital TV broadcasts, clearing the way for the next-generation of TV sets.
endorsement of sth The stock exchange was boosted by the central bank's endorsement of another interest rate cut.
The importance of endorsement of guidelines by professional bodies is also underestimated by the existing instruments.
Providing assistance to the regrouped population may be regarded as a sign of support or endorsement of the regroupment policy.
Class 4 contained 6 % of subjects with high endorsements of both mood and somatic symptoms, including both fatigue symptoms.
Under the endorsement rules, those candidates cannot converge further toward the other party's platform because they would lose endorsement.
The party deterred most candidates who failed to win the endorsement from running as conservative independents.
But with strategic voters this is not true because for some local candidates, the endorsement constraints may not be binding.
On account of their modest social origins, and their endorsement of the unfolding revolutionary process, these prelates became known as ' citizen bishops '.
The consensus achieved is, therefore, not an accident of compromise or a fortuitous coincidence but a genuine endorsement from all involved.
