Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A pass or thrust with a sword or rapier; a lunge.
  • noun A long rein, when a horse is trotted in the hand.
  • noun (Pron. as F., a-lônzh′ .) A slip of paper attached to a bill of exchange or other negotiable note, to receive indorsements when the back of the bill will hold no more; a rider.
  • To make a pass or thrust with a rapier; lunge.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Fencing) A thrust or pass; a lunge.
  • noun A French usage A slip of paper attached to a bill of exchange for receiving indorsements, when the back of the bill itself is already full; a rider.
  • intransitive verb To thrust with a sword; to lunge.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun law, banking A slip of paper attached to a negotiable instrument to hold endorsements should the document itself be unable to hold any more.
  • verb To thrust with a sword; to lunge.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from allonger, to lengthen, from Old French alongier; see lunge.]

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Examples

  • She also confirmed that the new allonge had not been attached or otherwise affIixed to the note.

    BofA official: Countrywide mortgage documents were not transferred properly to trusts Ariana Eunjung Cha 2010

  • Based on that, the Lender slaps an allonge on the back and deposits it in their own bank, which considers it just like a cashiers check or pay order and credits the Lender 10X the amount of your note.

    OpEdNews - Diary: Did The Great American Mortgage Scam Get You? 2009

  • Examples: valence hagiology allonge kilowatt sclerosis estoppel

    Practical Grammar and Composition Thomas Wood

  • At the _touche-à-touche_ I touched him in two places at the same allonge, and threw his foil from him several feet.

    McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896 Various

  • Donc, solution, on allonge la page un maximum, vous permettant de faire du "scrolling" par la barre de droite, ou directement par la souris (ah l'intellimouse, quelle invention ...).

    Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas Marie Lebert

  • Enormous allonge perukes and ruffles, the fontange (high headdress), hoops, and high heels, rendered the human race a caricature of itself.

    Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 Wolfgang Menzel 1835

  • Italian and French operas and academies prevailed, and pastoral poetry, in which the god of Love was represented wearing an immense allonge peruke, and the coquettish immorality of the courts was glowingly described in Arcadian scenes of delight, was cultivated.

    Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 Wolfgang Menzel 1835

  • Furthermore, when GMAC filed its proof of claim, the Endorsement was not included, which is a further indication that the allonge containing the Endorsement was not affixed to the Note

    The Home Equity Theft Reporter Home Equity Theft Reporter 2010

  • Furthermore, when GMAC filed its proof of claim, the Endorsement was not included, which is a further indication that the allonge containing the Endorsement was not affixed to the Note

    The Home Equity Theft Reporter Home Equity Theft Reporter 2010

  • Furthermore, when GMAC filed its proof of claim, the Endorsement was not included, which is a further indication that the allonge containing the Endorsement was not affixed to the Note

    The Home Equity Theft Reporter Home Equity Theft Reporter 2010

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  • “A pass or thrust with a rapier or small sword; also a long rein used in the exercise of horses.�? (citation in list description)

    October 9, 2008

  • The distance to Tipperary.

    October 9, 2008

  • Shouldn't it be "The way you take to get to Tipperary"?

    October 13, 2008

  • I've changed my mind, I'm going to keep my rary.

    October 13, 2008