| 单词 | signatory |
| 释义 | signatory (once / 5694 pages) n A signatory is someone who signs a document and is subject to it. The co-signer for a loan is one type of signatory. A signatory is someone who signs a contract, therefore creating a legal obligation. There could be several signatories for a specific contract. Over time, this word has often been used for a person or country who signs a peace treaty. If the treaty is broken, the signatory will be blamed. You could be a signatory for a marriage, mortgage, adoption, lawsuit, or employment contract. WORD FAMILYsignatory: signatories+/co-sign: co-signed/countersign: countersignature, countersigned, countersigning, countersigns/insignificance: insignificances/insignificant: insignificance, insignificantly/sign: co-sign, countersign, signatory, signature, signed, signedly, signer, signify, signing, signs, undersign/signature: signatures/signed: unsigned/signer: signers/significance: significances/significant: insignificant, nonsignificant, significance, significantly/signification: significations/signifier: signifiers/signify: significant, signification, signified, signifier, signifies, signifying/signing: signings/undersign: undersigned, undersigning USAGE EXAMPLESThere are also many smaller militias—the estimates of the disparate Syrian forces exceed one thousand—that are not signatories. The New Yorker(Dec 30, 2016) Yu, the signatory from Beijing, said he never characterized himself as politically active until news of the Lei case this year stunned him. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) Adding to the embarrassment, the UK is a signatory to an international treaty banning cluster bombs. The Guardian(Dec 19, 2016) n someone who signs and is bound by a document Syn|Hypo|Hyper signer cosignatory, cosigner one of two or more signers of the same document (as a treaty or declaration) cosignera signer in addition to the principal signer (to verify the authenticity of the principal signature or to provide surety) abhorrera signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred endorser, indorsera person who transfers his ownership interest in something by signing a check or negotiable security attestant, attestator, attestor, witness(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature accommodation endorsera person who endorses a promissory note without compensation or benefit but simply as a favor to the borrower individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being |
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