sign-upn.
/ˈsʌɪnʌp/, U.S. /ˈsaɪnˌəp/ The action of to sign up at sign v.1 Phrasal verbs 2; an act or instance of this. Also: the rate at which people sign up for something.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > [noun]
enrolling1467
raisec1500
conscription1529
prest1542
enrolment1552
listing1641
delectus1656
enlisting1757
enlistment1765
recruitment1793
crimping1795
sign-up1908
induction1934
society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [noun] > action of signing up or state of having signed up
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1908 Motorman & Conductor May 34/1 Should any man not desire to sign, he shall be placed at the foot of the extra list until the next regular ‘sign-up’, when he will be privileged to sign if he so chooses.
1909 W. H. Tolman Social Engin. iii. 81 Number of people without tickets, from whom a ‘sign up’ should be taken.
1940 Sun (Baltimore) 17 Sept. 9/7 Talbot, with a ‘sign up’ of 391,..led all the counties.
1945 National Legionnaire (U.S.) Sept. 1 (heading) Legion speeds sign-up of 12,000,000 War II victors.
1974 News & Reporter (Chester, S. Carolina) 22 Apr. 10-A/1 This will be a singles tournament and sign up will start Saturday morning at 10 a.m.
1992 Coll. & Res. Libraries News Feb. 87/2 The booksale chair coordinates the actual sale, including sign-up and training of approximately 50 helpers.
2007 Guardian 30 Jan. (G2 section) 7/3 The week after we had done the activity it went up to 120 sign-ups.
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1908 Electric Traction Weekly 18 July 715/1 Then make entries on trip sheet of register readings taken from Sign Up sheet.
1966 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 1 Mar. f14/5 A sign-up desk for blood donors will be open today through Thursday.
1968 Times 1 Aug. 19/6 An exceptionally high initial panel sign-up rate and low panel turnover.
1980 Dirt Bike Oct. 5/1 The little gray-haired lady at the sign~up booth is your wife, or your girlfriend.
2005 A. Smith Accidental 259 Some wag had pinned a notice on to his door..next to his seminar sign-up lists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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