undersigned
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪnd
Adjective
undersigned (not comparable)
- (of a document) Having signatures at the end or bottom.
- (of a person) Having signed at the end of a document.
Translations
having signatures at the end or bottom
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having signed at the end of a document
Noun
undersigned (plural undersigneds or undersigned)
- A person, mentioned in a document, whose name and signature appears at the end.
- 1920, Buffalo Bill, An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill, New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, page 17:
- We, the undersigned wagon-masters, assistants, teamsters and all other employees of the firm of Russell, Majors & Waddell, do hereby sign that we will not swear, drink whisky, play cards or be cruel to dumb beasts in any way, shape or form.
Usage notes
- Sometimes used by authors to refer to themselves in contexts in which first-person pronouns are conventionally not or not usually used, e.g. court decisions.
Translations
an undersigned person or people
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