countersigns in English
noun
1
a signal or password given in reply to a soldier on guard.
If two soldiers have the day's password and countersign , they can get physically close enough to kill each other without knowing that their uniforms don't match or their language isn't even the same.
verb
1
add a signature to (a document already signed by another person).
each check had to be signed and countersigned
Use "countersigns" in a sentence
Below are sample sentences containing the word "countersigns" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "countersigns", or refer to the context using the word "countersigns" in the English Dictionary.
1. In a classic example of a case where Countersignatures are used, when people apply for insurance and a policy is generated, they sign the policy to accept it, and a representative of the insurance company countersigns to indicate that the contract for the policy is valid and has been approved by an agent