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English
Etymology
From Middle English promissorye, from Medieval Latin prōmissōrius.
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
References
- promissory in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- “promissory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “promissory”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)