endorsement

Meanings

1. The act or quality of endorsing
2. An amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document (such as a driving licence).
3. An instructor's signed acknowledgement of time practising specific flying skills.
4. Permission to carry out a specific skill or application in a field in which the practitioner already has a general licence.
5. Sponsorship, in means of money, by a company, business or enterprise.
6. Support from an important, renowned figure of a media (celebrity, politics, sports, etc.), to get back up.

Etymology

From endorse + -ment.