countersignature

countersignature
noun
a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed
Syn: ↑countersign
Derivationally related forms: ↑countersign (for: ↑countersign), ↑countersign
Hypernyms: ↑signature

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\\“+\ noun
Etymology: from countersign (II), after such pairs as English sign: signature
: the signature of one that countersigns

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/kown'teuhr sig"neuh cheuhr/, n.
a signature added by way of countersigning.
[1835-45; COUNTER(SIGN) + SIGNATURE]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • countersignature — noun see countersign …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • countersignature — /kown teuhr sig neuh cheuhr/, n. a signature added by way of countersigning. [1835 45; COUNTER(SIGN) + SIGNATURE] * * * …   Universalium

  • countersignature — noun A signature made to confirm or endorse another …   Wiktionary

  • countersignature — n. additional signature …   English contemporary dictionary

  • countersignature — coun·ter·signature …   English syllables

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  • countersignature — A signature, often that of a subordinate, added to the signature of an officer or superior, by way of authentication; an additional signature required by the terms of a written contract, as in the case of the requirement for the signature of a… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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