Notes documenting a text, and corresponding to reference numbers in the text, placed at the end of the page on which the note appears
Not the same as footers. They are used to annotate publications. They can present statistics, cite sources and note facts that you don't want to include in the main body of text.
example References to specific ideas, facts, data, opinions, or quotes within your paper. See: Citing Your Research.
Referenced NOTES that appear at the foot of the PAGE that the MARKER appears on. The marker can be part of a sequential series or a dagger, double dagger asterisk, etc. ( See ENDNOTES.)
Notes at the foot of the page, but still contained within the type area, and set in a size smaller than the main text size. A line of white usually separates the text from the footnotes. Other terms for footnotes would be corner copy or corner cut.
References listed at the bottom of a page in a research paper or book that document sources or provide additional information.
Chicago Manual of Style (documentary-note / humanities style), notes giving page-specific bibliographic information about each work cited; they are located at the bottom of the page on which the references (see note reference number) to them appear.
References to information sources that offer (1) the original version of words quoted in the text, (2) facts or other information mentioned in the text, or (3) further discussion of information mentioned in the text. Unlike endnotes, which appear at the end of an entire document, footnotes appear at the bottom of pages within the document.
An annual report section that provides information essential to fully understanding the financial statements. Notes explain the financial statements' numbers and any significant events affecting them. Notes also provide additional detail and provide supplementary financial information. Also called notes.
Notes that deal with the translation of a particular word or verse.
Explanatory notes and/or source citations that appear at the bottom of a page. Footnotes are rare in general-interest books, the preferred style being either to work such information into the text or to list informational sources in the bibliography.