promissory

English

Adjective

promissory (not comparable)

  1. Containing or consisting of a promise.
  2. (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, 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)
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