signatory
noun
sig·na·to·ry
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plural signatories
Definition of signatory
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Examples of signatory in a Sentence
a signatory of the Declaration of Independence
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The 181 signatories also included the CEOs of several Wall Street banks and energy giants, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Robert F. Smith, who lives in Austin and runs private equity firm Vista Equity Partners. — Dallas News, "CEOs of eight Dallas-Fort Worth companies sign on to rethink meaning of shareholder value," 19 Aug. 2019 The more than 420 signatories to the letter include a broad array of rights and religious groups, including the Presbyterian Church (USA), Amnesty International, the United Nations Association of the USA and Oxfam International. — NBC News, "Human rights groups lead chorus of alarm over new Trump administration commission," 23 July 2019 The signatories include former British Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind, former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans and Chris Patten, former British governor of Hong Kong. — Rob Gillies, The Seattle Times, "More than 100 China experts urge China to release Canadians," 21 Jan. 2019 One of the signatories, Yale Holocaust historian Timothy Snyder, published an essay on the debate at Slate.com on July 12. — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, "The U.S. Holocaust Museum is wrong to deny that Trump’s racism resembles Nazism," 15 July 2019 The other signatories to the nuclear deal — Britain, China, France, Germany, and Russia — have continued to support it and urged Iran to do the same. — David D. Kirkpatrick, BostonGlobe.com, "President Rouhani says Iran will begin enriching uranium at higher level in days," 3 July 2019 But the deal's other signatories, including the European Union, have struggled to maintain the economic benefits promised to Iran under the pact. — Anchorage Daily News, "Iran calls new U.S. sanctions ‘outrageous and idiotic,’ warns that path to diplomacy is permanently closed," 25 June 2019 The High Ambition Coalition, including the EU and two dozen Paris-agreement signatories, pledged to raise their emission-reduction targets by the end of 2020. — Emre Peker, WSJ, "Negotiators Agree on Rulebook to Help Curb Climate Change," 15 Dec. 2018 Among the most vociferous critics of Trump’s position was American Honda — one of the signatories of the new agreement. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, "Column: In climate deal with automakers, California finds solution to Trump — ignore him," 25 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'signatory.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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signatory
noun
English Language Learners Definition of signatory
formal
: a person, country, or organization that has signed an official document
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signatory
noun
sig·na·to·ry
| \ ˈsig-nə-ˌtōr-ē
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\
plural signatories
Legal Definition of signatory
: a signer with another or others
signatories to a petition
especially
: a government bound with others by a signed convention
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