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sign-off

sign-off

3 4.2
Final approval that allows a document or project to finish
  • noun
  • /ˈsaɪnˌɔf/
  • Formal
translation icon : aprobación final
  • What does it say on every piece of paperwork and on every sign-off sheet?
  • get a sign-off
  • final sign-off

Examples

  • Before we proceed, I need your sign-off on the contract to ensure everything is approved.

  • You've got the client sign-off?

  • -Yes, but I need a sign-off.

  • Yeah, yeah, and the client sign-off on the gates.

  • Now, I just need your absolute final sign-off.

  • Oh, so marketing wants sign-off on the new billboard.

  • Everything requiring deliberation and sign-off by UN bureaucrats.

    Blog text (25)
  • Then there's the day-long ritual of formally collecting sign-offs from the senior staff and getting the blessing from the unit manager.

    Blog text (19)
  • Florida sent the managed-care proposals to the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in August 2011 but has still not received a sign-off.

    Blog text (3)
  • The project cannot move forward without the necessary sign-off from the director.

Synonyms

ending
vssign-off
398 1.0

The final part of something, like an event, story, or relationship

includes formal approval or final official ending, not only finish
closing
vssign-off
305 2.3

The last part when something ends, for example a meeting

adds formal approval or official ending beyond simple close
termination
vssign-off
  • Formal
56 4.7

The act of ending something, like a job or contract

also can mean formal approval in addition to ending actions
seal of approval
vssign-off
11 3.9

An official stamp shows a person in charge thinks something is good

also ends the thing formally as well as approving it
stamp of approval
vssign-off
9 3.4

An official sign that shows someone agrees with something

is the formal end plus approval rather than only endorsement
windup
vssign-off
8 5.1

The final part of an event or activity

adds formal authorization or approval beyond mere conclusion
wind-up
vssign-off
  • UK
1 3.6

The final part of an event or activity

involves formal ending or final approval, not only conclusion

How Final

ratification
  • Formal
23 7.0
sign-off
  • Formal
3 4.2
approval
  • Formal
400 1.6
consent
  • Formal
344 3.2

Surface Forms

sign-off singular
sign-offs plural

Morphology

sign-off = sign off (semi-transparent) = sign + off

The noun is a regular nominalization of the phrasal verb 'sign off', and the approval meaning is still fairly recoverable, though it is somewhat lexicalized.

Etymology

Sign-off comes from the idea of sign ('mark' or 'signature') plus off ('finished'), like giving a signature to show you agree. So a sign-off is the final approval that ends a document, project, or process.