Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To sign (a document) jointly.
- transitive verb To endorse (another's signature), as for a loan.
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- verb To
sign a documentjointly with another person, sometimes as anendorsement .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb sign jointly
- verb sign and endorse (another person's signature), as for a loan
Etymologies
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Examples
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• The Equal Credit Opportunity Act 1974 made credit discrimination illegal, so women may now apply for credit and buy cars and houses without needing her father or husband to cosign.
Barbara Lee: Bellbottoms and Skinny Jeans: To Everything There Is a Season Barbara Lee 2012
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Now based on the "ramp" vs. drop off, multiply the cosign of the angle change from the 200 to 300 differential, and officially, you have ... er ... several.
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I have no desire to make a sign saying I am a woman trying to return to school after leaving because of an abusive relationship, but I will send this letter out to as many outlets as I possibly can in the hopes that someone might be able to help or even just cosign a student loan with me.
Elizabeth Cermak: A Millennial's Resilliance and Hope for Help Elizabeth Cermak 2011
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You agree to cosign a loan and the other person stops making payments, leaving you responsible for the full amount -- otherwise your credit will suffer.
Jason Alderman: Read Contracts Carefully Jason Alderman 2011
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• The Equal Credit Opportunity Act 1974 made credit discrimination illegal, so women may now apply for credit and buy cars and houses without needing her father or husband to cosign.
Barbara Lee: Bellbottoms and Skinny Jeans: To Everything There Is a Season Barbara Lee 2012
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I have no desire to make a sign saying I am a woman trying to return to school after leaving because of an abusive relationship, but I will send this letter out to as many outlets as I possibly can in the hopes that someone might be able to help or even just cosign a student loan with me.
Elizabeth Cermak: A Millennial's Resilliance and Hope for Help Elizabeth Cermak 2011
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Late Tuesday, he reaffirmed his commitment to the loan deal, but hinted he wouldn't cosign a letter committing his party to the austerity measures Europe is demanding.
Greece Extends Suspense on Choice of Premier Alkman Granitsas 2011
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What Dilan Esper said in his 10: 41 post: cosign, exactly that.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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Rush Limbaugh casually invokes the potential for a "Second American Revolution," just as he did prior to Oklahoma City, only now he has Glenn Beck to cosign his apocalyptic warnings.
'Violent imagery' in politics isn't the problem Adam Serwer 2011
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And cosign with pseudonymous in nc about the goddamn villagers.
Matthew Yglesias » Centrist Senators Change Stimulus By Redistributing Wealth Upwards 2009
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