COSIGN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cosign mean? 

• COSIGN (verb)
  The verb COSIGN has 2 senses:

1. sign jointly

2. sign and endorse (another person's signature), as for a loan

  Familiarity information: COSIGN used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COSIGN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sign jointly

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

co-sign; cosign

Context example:

Husband and wife co-signed the lease

Hypernyms (to "cosign" is one way to...):

formalise; formalize; validate (declare or make legally valid)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

cosigner (one of two or more signers of the same document (as a treaty or declaration))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Sign and endorse (another person's signature), as for a loan

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

co-sign; cosign

Hypernyms (to "cosign" is one way to...):

endorse; indorse (sign as evidence of legal transfer)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

cosigner (a signer in addition to the principal signer (to verify the authenticity of the principal signature or to provide surety))