←

signatory

noun
🔊/ˈsɪɡnətri/
🔊/ˈsɪɡnətɔːri/
 (formal)
(plural signatories)
jump to other results
  1. signatory (to/of something) a person, a country or an organization that has signed an official agreement（协议的）签署者，签署方，签署国
    • a signatory of the Declaration of Independence《独立宣言》的签署者
    • Many countries are signatories to/of the Berne Convention.很多国家都是《伯尔尼公约》的签署国。
    Extra Examples
    • The Convention requires signatories to punish genocide when it occurs.会议要求签署方在种族大屠杀发生时进行制裁。
    • The document must be signed by an authorized signatory of the company.这份文件必须由该公司授权的签字人签署。
    Topics Discussion and agreementc2, Law and justicec2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • first
    • original
    • authorized
    • …
    … of signatories
    • list
    verb + signatory
    • require
    signatory + verb
    • agree something
    • include
    signatory + noun
    • country
    • nation
    • state
    • …
    preposition
    • signatory of
    • signatory to
    See full entry
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Latin signatorius ‘of sealing’, from signat- ‘marked (with a cross)’, from the verb signare.