promissory
English
Adjective
promissory (not comparable)
- Containing or consisting of a promise.
- (law, of a contractual provision) Stipulating the future actions required of the parties to an insurance policy or other business agreement.
Derived terms
- promissory note
References
- promissory in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- promissory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “promissory” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “promissory” in Microsoft's Encarta World English Dictionary, North American Edition (2007)
- Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)