cosign
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Definition
- Verb:
- To sign a document jointly with another person, thereby endorsing it and assuming shared responsibility: The primary meaning is to add one's signature to a document that another person has also signed, typically to guarantee a loan or lease.
- To endorse or support something publicly: In a more figurative sense, it can mean to give public approval or support to an idea, statement, or action.
Usage Examples
- Verb (literal, financial/legal):
- The bank required a parent to cosign the student loan.
- Because her credit was poor, her brother agreed to cosign the car loan.
- Verb (figurative, endorsement):
- The celebrity cosigned the new environmental campaign on social media.
- I can't cosign that plan; I think it's too risky.
Advanced Usage
- "to cosign for someone": To act as a cosigner on behalf of another person.
- He asked his uncle to cosign for him when he applied for his first credit card.
- The act of cosigning makes the cosigner legally obligated if the primary signer fails to meet the terms (e.g., defaults on a loan).
Variants and Related Words
- Cosigner (noun): A person who signs a document jointly with another, sharing the responsibility.
- The cosigner is equally liable for the debt.
- Cosignature (noun): A signature added jointly with another; the act of cosigning.
- The contract required a cosignature from a guarantor.
Synonyms
- Co-endorse: To endorse jointly.
- Guarantee: To provide a formal assurance, often involving financial responsibility.
- Countersign: To sign a document already signed by another (often in official contexts, but not always implying shared liability).
Related Phrases
- To put one's name to something: To sign or endorse something, accepting responsibility.
- To back someone/something: To support someone or something, often financially or with one's reputation.
Verb
- sign and endorse (another person's signature), as for a loan
- sign jointly
- Husband and wife co-signed the lease