signatory

[ sig-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

/ ˈsɪg nəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

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adjective

having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.

noun, plural sig·na·to·ries.

a signer, or one of the signers, of a document: France and Holland were among the signatories of the treaty.

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Origin of signatory

1640–50, in earlier sense “used in affixing seals”; 1860–65 for def. 2; <Latin signātōrius of, belonging to sealing, equivalent to signā(re) to mark, seal (see sign) + -tōrius-tory¹

OTHER WORDS FROM signatory

non·sig·na·to·ry, adjective, noun, plural non·sig·na·to·ries.

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How to use signatory in a sentence

Which may explain why, with less than a week left in its petition drive, FRC had yet to crack 10,000 signatories.
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Signatories of the most recent letter rose yesterday in objection, for now, at least, to new sanctions.
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An extradition pact assumes that the signatories play by similar rules of justice and have similar values.
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On June 20, 1999, we published the letter as a full-page ad in The New York Times with 99 Senate signatories.
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It's early days yet, so it has only about 2,000 signatories so far.
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It is not easy to be sure what are the principles which the signatories of this Report wish to see accepted by the public.
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That this interpretation is not unwarranted is shown by the explanation given by one of the signatories of the Majority Report.
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I gather that the signatories of the Quadruple Alliance attribute his submission to the news of the signing of their treaty.
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In 1830 the signatories of the celebrated decrees which led to the fall of Charles X., MM.
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Besides the former signatories, all the South American States were represented.
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British Dictionary definitions for signatory

signatory

/ (ˈsɪɡnətərɪ, -trɪ) /

noun plural -ries

a person who has signed a document such as a treaty or contract or an organization, state, etc, on whose behalf such a document has been signed

adjective

having signed a document, treaty, etc

Word Origin for signatory

C17: from Latin signātōrius concerning sealing, from signāre to seal, from signum a mark

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