Originally Posted by
galleycafe
Endorse
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Indorse
Definitions
WordNet 3.6
v indorse sign as evidence of legal transfer "endorse cheques"
v indorse guarantee as meeting a certain standard "certified grade AAA meat"
v indorse be behind; approve of "He plumped for the Labor Party","I backed Kennedy in 1960"
v indorse give support or one's approval to "I'll second that motion","I can't back this plan","endorse a new project"
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Indorse To cover the back of; to load or burden.
"Elephants indorsed with towers."
Indorse To give one's name or support to; to sanction; to aid by approval; to approve; as, to indorse an opinion.
Indorse (Law & Com) To write one's name, alone or with other words, upon the back of (a paper), for the purpose of transferring it, or to secure the payment of a note, draft, or the like; to guarantee the payment, fulfillment, performance, or validity of, or to certify something upon the back of (a check, draft, writ, warrant of arrest, etc.).
Indorse To write upon the back or outside of a paper or letter, as a direction, heading, memorandum, or address.
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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
indorse To place something on the back of; burden; load.
indorse To write one's name, or some brief remark, statement, or memorandum, on the back of (a paper or document), as in assigning, or guaranteeing the payment of, a note or bill of exchange, or in briefing or docketing legal papers, invoices, etc.: as, the bill was indorsed to the bank; he was looking for a friend to indorse his note; a letter indorsed “London, 1868”: loosely used of writing added upon any part of a document.
indorse To sanction; ratify; approve: as, to indorse a statement or the opinions of another.
indorse In heraldry, to place back to back.
n indorse In heraldry, a bearing like the pale, but of one fourth its width. It may be borne in any part of the field, and is commonly charged one indorse on each side of the pale. It is often considered a subordinary
Want more?? There are several hundred other dictionaries that say the same. Granted, it’s more common in English English than American English but there is nothing erroneous about the usage.
Now putting all that grammar and etymology stuff behind us, do you or do you not approve of holding first year pay down as a tactic to decrease the number and quality of applicants as a technique to extort more money from the company for the senior guys?
Seems pretty d@mn chicken$hit to me personally, but YMMV I suppose.