signatory

American  

[sig-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈsɪg nəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

adjective

1. having signed, or joined in signing, a document.

   the signatory powers to a treaty.

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noun

plural

signatories

1. a signer, or one of the signers, of a document.

   France and Holland were among the signatories of the treaty.

signatory British  

/ ˈsɪɡnətərɪ, -trɪ /

noun

1. 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

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adjective

1. having signed a document, treaty, etc

Other Word Forms

• nonsignatory adjective

Etymology

Origin of signatory

1640–50, in earlier sense “used in affixing seals”; 1860–65 signatory for def. 2; < Latin signātōrius of, belonging to sealing, equivalent to signā ( re ) to mark, seal ( sign ) + -tōrius -tory ¹

Example Sentences

The chairman of Denmark’s central bank and the governors of the central banks of Norway, Australia, South Korea, and Brazil were the other five signatories.

From Barron's

The signatories also include leaders from the Bank for International Settlements, a grouping of central banks.

From The Wall Street Journal

One of the signatories, Sarah Champion, who sits on parliament's Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy has, in the past, had Chinese spyware found on her parliamentary computer.

From BBC

The signatories included former federal government officials appointed by both Democratic and Republican presidents.

From BBC

Stressing they were as keen as the US on Arctic security, the European signatories said this must be achieved by Nato allies, including the US, "collectively".

From BBC

Related Words

• autograph
• identification
• ink
• name
• seal
• stamp
• trademark