Definition of Cosigner

1. Noun. One of two or more signers of the same document (as a treaty or declaration).

Exact synonyms: Cosignatory
Generic synonyms: Signatory, Signer
Derivative terms: Cosign

2. Noun. A signer in addition to the principal signer (to verify the authenticity of the principal signature or to provide surety).
Generic synonyms: Signatory, Signer
Derivative terms: Cosign

Definition of Cosigner

1. Noun. A cosignatory ¹

2. Noun. (legal) A person who accepts joint responsibility for the debt of another ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cosigner

1. one that cosigns [n -S] - See also: cosigns

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cosigner

coshery
coshes
coshing
cosie
cosied
cosied up
cosier
cosiers
cosies
cosies up
cosiest
cosignatories
cosignatory
cosigned
cosigner (current term)
cosigners
cosignificative
cosigning
cosigns
cosily
cosine
cosine formula
cosine law
cosine rule
cosines
cosiness
cosinesses
cosing
cosinusoidal

Literary usage of Cosigner

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Personal Finance by Robert S. Rosefsky (2001)
"Don't balk if the loan officer asks you for a cosigner or collateral to support a ... A request for collateral or a cosigner doesn't necessarily mean your ..."

2. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1911)
"New rights and liabilities arise betwixt the cosigners, but the original contract is at an end The cosigner has his appropriate remedy for contribution, ..."

3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"... and need not be In writing under tbe statute of frauds. Horn v. Bray, 61 Ind. 555,19 Am. Rep. 743. And an undertaking to become cosigner of a note, ..."

4. The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women by Marian Sandmaier (1993)
"Consider asking your contract cosigner—or another friend or family member—to give you special support in your efforts to quit. ..."

5. British Policy and Opinion During the Franco-Prussian War by Dora Neill Raymond (1921)
"It was not only in the Opposition press that bellicose statements continued to appear. The Scotsman demanded that Prussia, as a cosigner of the Treaty of ..."

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