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sign

▪ I. sign sign ¹ [saɪn] verb

1. [intransitive, transitive] BANKING to write your signature on a letter, document, or cheque:

• The customer must sign the traveller's cheque in front of the cashier.

2. sign an agreement/contract COMMERCE to show formally that you agree to do something, by signing a legal document:

• In September, the company signed a contract to produce two million doses of the vaccine.

3. signed and sealed/signed, sealed, and delivered with all the necessary legal documents agreed and signed:

• The agreement is not signed and sealed yet.

sign on phrasal verb

1. [intransitive] BrE to go to your local job centre and sign a form which states officially that you are unemployed, so that you can get money from the government:

• Childcare Allowance is available only for married women whose children are over four years of age and who have been signing on for the previous six months.

2. [intransitive, transitive] sign somebody → on if you sign on, or sign someone on, you sign or persuade someone to sign a document agreeing to do something, for example accepting a job, studying on a course, or becoming involved in a business deal:

• Two more members of staff were signed on full-time.

sign on as

• Jacobs signed on as a junior attorney with a Santa Rosa law firm.

sign on to

• The corporation is deciding whether to sign on to a deal to build a new U.S. manufacturing plant to compete with the French.

3. [intransitive] COMPUTING to start using a computer system, the Internet, or to go to a website:

• You'll need to type in your password to sign on to the network.

• The Internet has strange economics; individual users are charged for signing on, but can then surf the net for nothing.
— compare log ➔ log¹

[m0] ▪ II. sign sign ² noun [countable]

1. a piece of paper, metal etc in a public place, with words or drawings on it that give people information, warn them not to do something etc:

• a no smoking sign

2. a picture, shape etc that has a particular meaning:

• For some reason the computer can't display the dollar sign.

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sign UK US /saɪn/ verb

► [I or T] to write your name, usually on a written or printed document, for example to show that you agree with its contents or have written or created it yourself: sign a contract/agreement/declaration »We've already agreed the details and I just need to sign a contract.
»sign a letter/form/cheque
»Please sign your name below if you are available to help.
»Sign here please.

● signed and sealed — Cf. signed and sealed

● sign on the dotted line — Cf. sign on the dotted line

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sign UK US /saɪn/ noun [C]

► a flat object giving information, directions, a warning, etc.: »The store had a handwritten sign in the window.
»A sign advertising the closing-down sale was clearly visible from the road.
»road/shop/street signs

► a written or printed mark that has a standard meaning: »+ is the plus sign and % is the percentage sign.

► something that shows that something else exists or might happen or exist in the future: a sign of sth »His inability to handle the situation is a sure sign of weakness.
a sign that »There are signs that the economy is improving
»Neither side is showing signs of backing down.
»All the signs are that the worst is over.

Financial and business terms. 2012.