signingn.

Brit.

/ˈsʌɪnɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsaɪnɪŋ/

Forms: see sign v.¹ and -ing suffix¹; also Middle English seynynge, 1500s seinynge, 1600s signeing.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sign v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < sign v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

†1. A symbol of something. Obsolete. rare.

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society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol

tokeningc888

tokenc890

print1340

bannerc1380

signingc1390

signala1393

signc1400

similitude?c1400

type?a1500

sacrament1534

resemblance1548

adumbration1552

character1569

picture1580

symbol1590

moral?1594

attribute1600

symbolization1603

allegory1606

emblema1616

hieroglyph1646

simile1682

documentor1684

symptoma1687

monument1728

metaphor1836

presentation1866

symbolisms1876

ideogram1897

picture message1912

figura1959

c1390 Talkyng of Love of God (Vernon) (1950) 6 (MED) We vs torne þerfro [sc. from the bliss of heaven] as þeiȝ hit nouȝt ne weore And bugge þe schadewe of þe world, A seynynge of þat is nouȝt but fikel, faylynde, and fals, and tollyng to serwe.

a. The action of making or appending one's signature; spec. the adding of one's signature to a document for authentification or confirmation of one's assent. Also: the recruitment of a person, esp. a sports player, by signature of a contract (cf. sense 6).

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society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > personal identification > signature > [noun] > signing

subscribing1444

subscriving1445

signing1450

subscription1492

signature1570

subsignation1573

assignment1598

side-scription1758

1450 J. Fastolf in Paston Lett. & Papers (2005) III. 106 I am so gretely vexed yn my labour and spyrites yn thys trouble seson, that at tyme I myght not abyde the syngnyng ne selyng of my lettre that I wold send.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Transumptum, that which is writen out of a record, and approued vnder..the sygnynge of the iudge.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Signature, a signature, signing, subscribing.

1655 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 329 Since the signeing of my letter I received yours of Jun. 1st.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 82. ⁋1 My Steward brings his Receipt ready for my Signing.

1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 102 A patent ready drawn for queen Elizabeth's signing.

1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 20 The signing and endorsement must be attested by one witness.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xvii. 104 The signing of the treaty was deferred till the Lords Justices..should arrive.

1915 M. Gyte Diary 15 Oct. (1999) 64 I signed a paper as witness to his signing.

1945 N.Y. Times 14 Jan. (Sports section) 2/5 The Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League today announced the signing of Bill Thoms.

2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 9 Oct. i. 6/6 Kanafi, a Palestinian pastry, would substitute for lamb at the signing of the wedding agreement.

b. = book signing n. at book n. Compounds 3.

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1978 F. Muir in Bookseller 19 Aug. 1713/1 Autumn; season of mists and mellow fruitfulness and all that, but also..season of itineraries and can-you-do-a-signing-at-Hudsons-on-your-way-to-the-Solihull-Literary-Luncheon..-fulness.

1983 M. Angelou in J. Todd Women Writers Talking 65 I arrived in Cleveland, Ohio, and I was doing a signing in a large department store.

1987 Texas Monthly Dec. 193/2 This woman did that at a signing. She ran in screaming and started hitting me on the head with a ruler.

1998 K. C. Steven Poetry vi. 66 I didn't sell one book, not a solitary copy. Neither did Edwina Currie, I'm glad to say, when she came to do a signing.

2009 M. Cavanagh Seriously Useful Author's Guide Marketing & Publicising Bks. 81 Ask your local bookshop manager if you can hold a signing at their convenience.

3. Christian Church. The action or an act of making the sign of the cross.

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society > faith > worship > other practices > [noun] > sign of the cross > making

saining?a1513

crossing1530

consignation1537

blessing1550

signing1572

1572 tr. T. de Bèze in J. Fielde et al. Admon. to Parl. (new ed.) sig. D As for the signing of folke with the crosse, althoughe it be very auncient: yet surely I see not what profyte it can bryng.

1608 T. Rogers 2 Dial. conc. Kneeling ii. xiii. sig. R2 Why should Kneeling be thus vrged by authority, if the sacramental signing of the body..bee no more to be reuerenced then water applyed in Baptizing children?

1664 Bp. J. Taylor Disswasive from Popery ii. x. 138 Then follow more prayers, and..shewings of the Cross, and signings with it.

1725 D. Williams tr. P. F. Le Courayer Def. Validity Eng. Ordinations xiv. 269 As in Ordination,..there is [in Baptism]..the most part of the signings of the Cross.

1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. vii. 84 They made several signings with the cross.

1824 L. M. Child Hobomok i. 7 We cannot forbear a smile that vigorous and cultivated minds should have looked upon the signing of the cross with so much horror and detestation.

1877 J. D. Chambers Divine Worship Eng. 362 The number and time of these Signings certainly varied.

1901 V. Staley Stud. in Ceremonial ii. 32 There is positively no evidence whatever to be gained from the Service books of East or West, for the signing at the conclusion of the Apostles' Creed.

1962 V. J. K. Brook Life of Archbishop Parker 137 The signing with the cross in baptism was objected to.

2002 A. Ball & ‘Maximilian’ Prayers for Prisoners ii. i. 68 This signing is done whenever a person is entering or passing by a church.

4. The action of communicating by means of (an established system of) hand gestures; sign language.Sometimes: spec. the use of gestures to represent whole words, differentiated from using gestures representing individual letters to spell words out.

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the mind > language > a language > [noun] > sign language

hand language1625

arthrology1641

chirology1656

dactylology1656

finger-talk1656

finger language1669

hand alphabet1680

semiology1694

finger alphabet1751

finger talking1823

sign language1824

finger speech1826

indigitation1826

manual alphabet1876

dactylography1884

signing1891

American Sign Language1900

sign1930

British Sign Language1961

ASL1965

Ameslan1972

Yerkish1973

1891 Science Mar. 141/1 Speech is a more general and more available form of communication than writing, spelling, or signing.

1943 H. Best Deafness & Deaf in U.S. xxii. 375 Giovanni Bonifacio of Venice wrote regarding the ‘language of action’, or the ‘art of signing’ and regarding speech of the deaf.

1956 Amer. Ann. Deaf 101 246 The manual language is a curious mixture of movements called ‘signing’ and ‘spelling’, both of which are done with the hands.

1990 Video Maker July 65/2 The interpreter's signing will help them to enjoy club activities to the full.

1998 Vancouver Courier 24 May 5/1 A collection of mostly hearing teachers decided..that deaf people should not be free to use their native language—signing.

5. The action or process of providing a place, street, etc., with signs providing information, directions, etc. Also: the design and arrangement of public signs; signage. Cf. road signing n. at road n. Compounds 1a(c).

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1905 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 25 179 This association is now represented in the Street Signing Conference of Municipal Organizations,..as a result of whose activity $30,000 has been appropriated for erecting adequate signs in the city.

1928 Los Angeles Times 2 Sept. 1/2 It was advocated and aided in developing school tunnels, pedestrian control, boulevard stops, adequate signing,..and all other proven safeguards.

1968 R.A.C. Guide & Handbk. 1939–40 48/1 The new system of route signing was based on the use of route numbers which were prominently displayed on the signs.

1977 New Yorker 16 May 105/1 People who..preside over restored shopping areas naturally have a strong interest in signs—or signing, as they tend to call it.

2006 Wall St. Jrnl. 6 Oct. b4/5 We're not doing our job in merchandise presentation..if our customer has to ask for a lot of help... They should be able to navigate with visual cues and signing.

6. A person who has signed a contract, esp. to join a professional sports team, record company, etc.

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society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun] > written contract or text of > one who has signed contract

signee1866

signing1951

1951 Daily Rev. (Hayward, Calif.) 18 July 4/4 Other new signings announced by Owner Tony Morabile are Bob Whelan,174-pound seat back from Boston University, [etc.].

1974 Motor Cycle 23 Mar. 10/6 (caption) Hackney's new signing, Norwegian Dag Lovaas (left) chats with Kings Lynn international Malcolm Simmons.

1989 C. S. Murray Crosstown Traffic vii. 164 They would assign head-office signings like Wilson Pickett and Sam & Dave..to record in the converted movie theatre on McLemore Avenue.

2006 Rugby League World Jan. 25/3 A few of their signings have question marks over their ability to cut it at this level.

Compounds

C1. With adverbs in sense 2a, corresponding to phrasal verbs at sign v.¹ Phrasal verbs 2, as signing-in, signing-off, signing-on, signing-out, signing-up. Frequently attributive.

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1850 T. S. Arthur Debtor's Daughter iii. 20 I have set my face against this signing-off-system.

1925 W. Paterson & H. Webster Man. Locomotive Running Shed Managem. viii. 103 The signing-on times of cleaners are arranged with due regard to the finishing times of the engines they are required to clean.

1965 ‘T. Hinde’ Games of Chance ii. iv. 203 The purpose of the signing-in book..is to ascertain that all staff are arriving punctually.

1972 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 66 495/1 Signing up probably has given a nation access to greater outside assistance in nuclear technology.

1973 Guardian 23 May 6/8 There is no signing-on at the new job centre.

1981 J. Scott Distant View of Death xii. 162 Signing in and signing out meant nothing to Rosher... He simply worked.

2002 Cycling Weekly 30 Nov. 49/1 The National Committee wants to see signing-on sheets for all events.

C2. General attributive, as signing party, signing session, etc.

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1947 Washington Post 15 Oct. 2/2 People came with three, five and eight books under their arm for autographs... Mrs. Joseph T. Johnson..was on hand for the signing party.

1955 Books Mar. 48/1 This was a ‘signing party’, attended by the fashionable world, a dignified and sober gathering which lasted only until 6 p.m.

1990 Bookseller 12 Oct. 1062/3 Saturday 17th November is Signathon '90 day at Dillons in Gower Street, as the bookshop hosts its second annual marathon charity signing session.

1992 Sci. Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America Bulletin Spring 27/1 Sign all copies at a bookstore, even copies not sold during a signing visit.

2010 Independent (Nexis) 16 Dec. 44 He was to be found at a well-attended signing session in London.

C3.

signing ceremony n. a ceremony marking the signing of an important agreement or other document.

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1905 Daily Mail 6 Sept. 5/1 After the seals of the respective nations had been affixed, each envoy attached his personal seal to the treaty. The signing ceremony only occupied a few minutes.

1956 A. Horne Return to Power iii. 64 The signing ceremony was especially planned, in compliance with Jewish wishes, so that the Jews did not have to shake hands with the German delegates.

2011 Wall St. Jrnl. 22 Jan. a8/5 The agreement was signed..at a giant ‘signing ceremony’ organized on Friday by China's Commerce Ministry and its U.S. counterpart.

signing statement n. U.S. Politics a written statement which may be issued by the President when signing a measure passed by Congress, and which sets out observations, conditions, or limitations on the measure's interpretation and implementation.

ΚΠ

1959 M. H. Stans Let. 5 May in Rivers & Harbors: Hearings before Public Wks. Comm. (U.S. Senate, 86th Congr., 1st Sess.) ii. 177 In his signing statement accompanying Public Law 85-500, the President stated his belief that the local financial participation of 30 percent..constitutes an appropriate division of costs.

1976 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 12 May 1/5 In his signing statement, Ford said the bill commanded widespread support in both houses in Congress but ‘I still have serious reservations about certain aspects of the present amendments’.

2002 Dallas Morning News (Nexis) 28 Mar. 4 a While Mr. Bush criticized aspects of the bill in a ‘signing statement’, he told reporters that ‘it improves the system’ overall.

2009 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 May 52/2 Two days after criticizing President Bush's signing statements, President Obama issued one of his own regarding the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	signing
释义	signingn. Brit. /ˈsʌɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsaɪnɪŋ/ Forms: see sign v.¹ and -ing suffix¹; also Middle English seynynge, 1500s seinynge, 1600s signeing. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sign v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < sign v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. †1. A symbol of something. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol tokeningc888 tokenc890 print1340 bannerc1380 signingc1390 signala1393 signc1400 similitude?c1400 type?a1500 sacrament1534 resemblance1548 adumbration1552 character1569 picture1580 symbol1590 moral?1594 attribute1600 symbolization1603 allegory1606 emblema1616 hieroglyph1646 simile1682 documentor1684 symptoma1687 monument1728 metaphor1836 presentation1866 symbolisms1876 ideogram1897 picture message1912 figura1959 c1390 Talkyng of Love of God (Vernon) (1950) 6 (MED) We vs torne þerfro [sc. from the bliss of heaven] as þeiȝ hit nouȝt ne weore And bugge þe schadewe of þe world, A seynynge of þat is nouȝt but fikel, faylynde, and fals, and tollyng to serwe. 2. a. The action of making or appending one's signature; spec. the adding of one's signature to a document for authentification or confirmation of one's assent. Also: the recruitment of a person, esp. a sports player, by signature of a contract (cf. sense 6). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > personal identification > signature > [noun] > signing subscribing1444 subscriving1445 signing1450 subscription1492 signature1570 subsignation1573 assignment1598 side-scription1758 1450 J. Fastolf in Paston Lett. & Papers (2005) III. 106 I am so gretely vexed yn my labour and spyrites yn thys trouble seson, that at tyme I myght not abyde the syngnyng ne selyng of my lettre that I wold send. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Transumptum, that which is writen out of a record, and approued vnder..the sygnynge of the iudge. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Signature, a signature, signing, subscribing. 1655 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 329 Since the signeing of my letter I received yours of Jun. 1st. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 82. ⁋1 My Steward brings his Receipt ready for my Signing. 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 102 A patent ready drawn for queen Elizabeth's signing. 1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 20 The signing and endorsement must be attested by one witness. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xvii. 104 The signing of the treaty was deferred till the Lords Justices..should arrive. 1915 M. Gyte Diary 15 Oct. (1999) 64 I signed a paper as witness to his signing. 1945 N.Y. Times 14 Jan. (Sports section) 2/5 The Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League today announced the signing of Bill Thoms. 2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 9 Oct. i. 6/6 Kanafi, a Palestinian pastry, would substitute for lamb at the signing of the wedding agreement. b. = book signing n. at book n. Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1978 F. Muir in Bookseller 19 Aug. 1713/1 Autumn; season of mists and mellow fruitfulness and all that, but also..season of itineraries and can-you-do-a-signing-at-Hudsons-on-your-way-to-the-Solihull-Literary-Luncheon..-fulness. 1983 M. Angelou in J. Todd Women Writers Talking 65 I arrived in Cleveland, Ohio, and I was doing a signing in a large department store. 1987 Texas Monthly Dec. 193/2 This woman did that at a signing. She ran in screaming and started hitting me on the head with a ruler. 1998 K. C. Steven Poetry vi. 66 I didn't sell one book, not a solitary copy. Neither did Edwina Currie, I'm glad to say, when she came to do a signing. 2009 M. Cavanagh Seriously Useful Author's Guide Marketing & Publicising Bks. 81 Ask your local bookshop manager if you can hold a signing at their convenience. 3. Christian Church. The action or an act of making the sign of the cross. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > other practices > [noun] > sign of the cross > making saining?a1513 crossing1530 consignation1537 blessing1550 signing1572 1572 tr. T. de Bèze in J. Fielde et al. Admon. to Parl. (new ed.) sig. D As for the signing of folke with the crosse, althoughe it be very auncient: yet surely I see not what profyte it can bryng. 1608 T. Rogers 2 Dial. conc. Kneeling ii. xiii. sig. R2 Why should Kneeling be thus vrged by authority, if the sacramental signing of the body..bee no more to be reuerenced then water applyed in Baptizing children? 1664 Bp. J. Taylor Disswasive from Popery ii. x. 138 Then follow more prayers, and..shewings of the Cross, and signings with it. 1725 D. Williams tr. P. F. Le Courayer Def. Validity Eng. Ordinations xiv. 269 As in Ordination,..there is [in Baptism]..the most part of the signings of the Cross. 1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. vii. 84 They made several signings with the cross. 1824 L. M. Child Hobomok i. 7 We cannot forbear a smile that vigorous and cultivated minds should have looked upon the signing of the cross with so much horror and detestation. 1877 J. D. Chambers Divine Worship Eng. 362 The number and time of these Signings certainly varied. 1901 V. Staley Stud. in Ceremonial ii. 32 There is positively no evidence whatever to be gained from the Service books of East or West, for the signing at the conclusion of the Apostles' Creed. 1962 V. J. K. Brook Life of Archbishop Parker 137 The signing with the cross in baptism was objected to. 2002 A. Ball & ‘Maximilian’ Prayers for Prisoners ii. i. 68 This signing is done whenever a person is entering or passing by a church. 4. The action of communicating by means of (an established system of) hand gestures; sign language.Sometimes: spec. the use of gestures to represent whole words, differentiated from using gestures representing individual letters to spell words out. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > [noun] > sign language hand language1625 arthrology1641 chirology1656 dactylology1656 finger-talk1656 finger language1669 hand alphabet1680 semiology1694 finger alphabet1751 finger talking1823 sign language1824 finger speech1826 indigitation1826 manual alphabet1876 dactylography1884 signing1891 American Sign Language1900 sign1930 British Sign Language1961 ASL1965 Ameslan1972 Yerkish1973 1891 Science Mar. 141/1 Speech is a more general and more available form of communication than writing, spelling, or signing. 1943 H. Best Deafness & Deaf in U.S. xxii. 375 Giovanni Bonifacio of Venice wrote regarding the ‘language of action’, or the ‘art of signing’ and regarding speech of the deaf. 1956 Amer. Ann. Deaf 101 246 The manual language is a curious mixture of movements called ‘signing’ and ‘spelling’, both of which are done with the hands. 1990 Video Maker July 65/2 The interpreter's signing will help them to enjoy club activities to the full. 1998 Vancouver Courier 24 May 5/1 A collection of mostly hearing teachers decided..that deaf people should not be free to use their native language—signing. 5. The action or process of providing a place, street, etc., with signs providing information, directions, etc. Also: the design and arrangement of public signs; signage. Cf. road signing n. at road n. Compounds 1a(c). ΚΠ 1905 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 25 179 This association is now represented in the Street Signing Conference of Municipal Organizations,..as a result of whose activity $30,000 has been appropriated for erecting adequate signs in the city. 1928 Los Angeles Times 2 Sept. 1/2 It was advocated and aided in developing school tunnels, pedestrian control, boulevard stops, adequate signing,..and all other proven safeguards. 1968 R.A.C. Guide & Handbk. 1939–40 48/1 The new system of route signing was based on the use of route numbers which were prominently displayed on the signs. 1977 New Yorker 16 May 105/1 People who..preside over restored shopping areas naturally have a strong interest in signs—or signing, as they tend to call it. 2006 Wall St. Jrnl. 6 Oct. b4/5 We're not doing our job in merchandise presentation..if our customer has to ask for a lot of help... They should be able to navigate with visual cues and signing. 6. A person who has signed a contract, esp. to join a professional sports team, record company, etc. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun] > written contract or text of > one who has signed contract signee1866 signing1951 1951 Daily Rev. (Hayward, Calif.) 18 July 4/4 Other new signings announced by Owner Tony Morabile are Bob Whelan,174-pound seat back from Boston University, [etc.]. 1974 Motor Cycle 23 Mar. 10/6 (caption) Hackney's new signing, Norwegian Dag Lovaas (left) chats with Kings Lynn international Malcolm Simmons. 1989 C. S. Murray Crosstown Traffic vii. 164 They would assign head-office signings like Wilson Pickett and Sam & Dave..to record in the converted movie theatre on McLemore Avenue. 2006 Rugby League World Jan. 25/3 A few of their signings have question marks over their ability to cut it at this level. Compounds C1. With adverbs in sense 2a, corresponding to phrasal verbs at sign v.¹ Phrasal verbs 2, as signing-in, signing-off, signing-on, signing-out, signing-up. Frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1850 T. S. Arthur Debtor's Daughter iii. 20 I have set my face against this signing-off-system. 1925 W. Paterson & H. Webster Man. Locomotive Running Shed Managem. viii. 103 The signing-on times of cleaners are arranged with due regard to the finishing times of the engines they are required to clean. 1965 ‘T. Hinde’ Games of Chance ii. iv. 203 The purpose of the signing-in book..is to ascertain that all staff are arriving punctually. 1972 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 66 495/1 Signing up probably has given a nation access to greater outside assistance in nuclear technology. 1973 Guardian 23 May 6/8 There is no signing-on at the new job centre. 1981 J. Scott Distant View of Death xii. 162 Signing in and signing out meant nothing to Rosher... He simply worked. 2002 Cycling Weekly 30 Nov. 49/1 The National Committee wants to see signing-on sheets for all events. C2. General attributive, as signing party, signing session, etc. ΚΠ 1947 Washington Post 15 Oct. 2/2 People came with three, five and eight books under their arm for autographs... Mrs. Joseph T. Johnson..was on hand for the signing party. 1955 Books Mar. 48/1 This was a ‘signing party’, attended by the fashionable world, a dignified and sober gathering which lasted only until 6 p.m. 1990 Bookseller 12 Oct. 1062/3 Saturday 17th November is Signathon '90 day at Dillons in Gower Street, as the bookshop hosts its second annual marathon charity signing session. 1992 Sci. Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America Bulletin Spring 27/1 Sign all copies at a bookstore, even copies not sold during a signing visit. 2010 Independent (Nexis) 16 Dec. 44 He was to be found at a well-attended signing session in London. C3. signing ceremony n. a ceremony marking the signing of an important agreement or other document. ΚΠ 1905 Daily Mail 6 Sept. 5/1 After the seals of the respective nations had been affixed, each envoy attached his personal seal to the treaty. The signing ceremony only occupied a few minutes. 1956 A. Horne Return to Power iii. 64 The signing ceremony was especially planned, in compliance with Jewish wishes, so that the Jews did not have to shake hands with the German delegates. 2011 Wall St. Jrnl. 22 Jan. a8/5 The agreement was signed..at a giant ‘signing ceremony’ organized on Friday by China's Commerce Ministry and its U.S. counterpart. signing statement n. U.S. Politics a written statement which may be issued by the President when signing a measure passed by Congress, and which sets out observations, conditions, or limitations on the measure's interpretation and implementation. ΚΠ 1959 M. H. Stans Let. 5 May in Rivers & Harbors: Hearings before Public Wks. Comm. (U.S. Senate, 86th Congr., 1st Sess.) ii. 177 In his signing statement accompanying Public Law 85-500, the President stated his belief that the local financial participation of 30 percent..constitutes an appropriate division of costs. 1976 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 12 May 1/5 In his signing statement, Ford said the bill commanded widespread support in both houses in Congress but ‘I still have serious reservations about certain aspects of the present amendments’. 2002 Dallas Morning News (Nexis) 28 Mar. 4 a While Mr. Bush criticized aspects of the bill in a ‘signing statement’, he told reporters that ‘it improves the system’ overall. 2009 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 May 52/2 Two days after criticizing President Bush's signing statements, President Obama issued one of his own regarding the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). signingadj. Brit. /ˈsʌɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsaɪnɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sign v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < sign v.¹ + -ing suffix². That makes a sign or signs; that signs or is authorized to sign.Earliest in signing officer n. at Compounds.In quot. 1735: that is a sign or signal. ΚΠ 1686 James II Regulation Plate-carriage in S. Pepys Mem. Royal Navy (1690) 118 The Date and Delivery of their Commanders and Signing Officers joynt Certificates to the Secretary of our Admiralty. 1735 R. Savage Progress of Divine 18 No bridal sheets cou'd Virgin Tokens show; Elders had sought; but miss'd the signing Red. 1749 Gentleman's Mag. May 213/2 It is not an extravagant demand, provided the signing trustee must be paid for his trouble. 1825 Oriental Herald Feb. 193 The mere circumstance of making a signature, with these facts before the signing party, must show [etc.]. 1852 Colburn's United Service Mag. Apr. 564 Each man might be required to sign or make his mark in the purser's book in the presence of a signing witness. 1909 Amer. Ann. of Deaf 54 404 The charge, so far as it regards the formation of ideas by the signing deaf-mute, is wholly unwarranted. 2008 J. S. Miller Wicked Wine of Democracy ix. 113 I set up an account for the ‘D.C. Committee for Civil Rights’..with two of my neighbors as the signing officials of the body. Compounds signing officer n. originally Navy an officer authorized to sign official documents or orders, esp. to make payments or purchases. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > officer with specific duty > [noun] > officer entitled to sign signing officer1686 1686Signing Officers [see main sense]. 1772 Gen. Evening Post* 16–18 July The Signing Officers on board his Majesty's ships are Captains, Masters, Boatswains and Pursers. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 624 A document..certified by the signing officer and the surgeon. 1920 War Expenditures II. 2265 We had a signing officer who was present at the time that those agreements were made. 2008 Alberni Valley (Brit. Columbia) Times (Nexis) 30 Dec. 8 The two signing officers for the charity made an executive decision to give $235 to the food bank. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1390adj.1686
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signingn.

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signingadj.

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