cosigner

cosigner definition - finance
A person who signs a credit card or loan application agreeing to guarantee payment if the signer is unable to repay the loan. The cosigner of a loan assumes legal responsibility for the loan.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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