Co-Maker
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Co-Maker
One who becomes obligated, an obligor, under a negotiable instrument—such as a check or promissory note—by signing his or her name along with the name of the original obligor, thereby promising to pay on it in full.
A co-maker is a type of accommodation party, who is someone who has signed a Commercial Paper to aid someone wishing to raise money on it. An accommodation party lends his or her name to another person and makes a promise to pay the bill or note when it is due if the other person defaults.
West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.