endnote

US/ˈɛndˌnoʊt/

nounB2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechToo rare in one of the two pools to compare — fewer than 20 uses in speech or in writing

Other forms: endnotes

An endnote is a note gathered at the end of a chapter or book. Check the endnotes.

It keeps the page clean at the cost of making the reader turn to the back. An endnote is preferred by publishers and a footnote by almost everybody who reads.

Definitions of endnote

1nounendnoteA note gathered at the end of a chapter or book.B2
“The endnote gave the source and half an argument.”

endnote is a note.

Where it comes from

End plus note. The choice between endnote and footnote is largely a printing decision, since gathered notes are cheaper to typeset than notes fitted to each page.

From end + note.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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endnote

US/ˈɛndˌnoʊt/

Other forms: endnotes

An endnote is a note gathered at the end of a chapter or book. Check the endnotes.

It keeps the page clean at the cost of making the reader turn to the back. An endnote is preferred by publishers and a footnote by almost everybody who reads.

Definitions of endnote

1nounendnoteA note gathered at the end of a chapter or book.B2
“The endnote gave the source and half an argument.”

endnote is a note.

Where it comes from

End plus note. The choice between endnote and footnote is largely a printing decision, since gathered notes are cheaper to typeset than notes fitted to each page.

From end + note.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA