sign-on
Americannoun
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Radio and Television. the opening salutation, station identification, etc., at the beginning of the broadcast day.
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an act or instance of signing on.
verb
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(tr) to hire or employ
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(intr) to commit oneself to a job, activity, etc
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(intr) to register as unemployed with the Department of Social Security
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Enlist oneself as an employee, as in Arthur decided to sign on with the new software company . [Late 1800s]
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Begin radio or television broadcasting, especially at the beginning of the day, as in What time does the station sign on? [c. 1920]
Etymology
Origin of sign-on
First recorded in 1880–85; noun use of verb phrase sign on
Example Sentences
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Across the 2023-24 season, Liverpool closed 100,000 fake accounts, and believe new preventative measures including multi-factor authentication, single sign-on and the implementation of more advanced fraud analysis tools, have made a difference.
From BBC
If City decided to take a massive hit on the £100m they paid for Grealish four years ago, then perhaps a suitor could afford to pay him a large sign-on fee to compensate for a drop in his wages.
From BBC
In addition to the flat nationwide sign-on bonus of 195,000 rubles, each Russian region offers its own one-time payment to new recruits, which can be as much as 1 million rubles.
From Seattle Times
Discover, on the other hand, has long focused on prime customers with better credit ratings that choose to carry a balance — a group known in industry parlance as revolvers — and has shied away from flashy sign-on bonuses and lavish perks used by many of its rivals.
From Seattle Times
During the campaign, almost 10,000 faculty and staff at UC San Diego received four emails at about a weekly interval prompting them to change their single sign-on password.
From Science Daily
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