promissory

English

Etymology

From Middle English promissorye, from Medieval Latin prōmissōrius.

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

• promissory note

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)