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testimonial

/ˌtɛstɪˈməʊniəl/

B1CEFR level
35/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

Law adjective

Relating to or consisting of evidence given orally by a witness.

The case rested on testimonial evidence unsupported by any documents or forensics.

Topic: Criminal law in Legal English

Business noun

A written or spoken endorsement of a product from a satisfied customer.

A single testimonial from a marquee logo did more for conversion than a month of ads.

Similar: endorsement, reference

Topic: Sales in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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