signatory
noun /ˈsɪɡnətri/
/ˈsɪɡnətɔːri/
(formal) (plural signatories)
- signatory (to/of something) a person, a country or an organization that has signed an official agreement
- a signatory of the Declaration of Independence
- Many countries are signatories to/of the Berne Convention.
Extra ExamplesTopics Discussion and agreementc2, Law and justicec2- The Convention requires signatories to punish genocide when it occurs.
- The document must be signed by an authorized signatory of the company.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- first
- original
- authorized
- …
- list
- require
- agree something
- include
- country
- nation
- state
- …
- signatory of
- signatory to
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Latin signatorius ‘of sealing’, from signat- ‘marked (with a cross)’, from the verb signare.