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Signing vs Signage - What's the difference?

signing | signage |

As nouns the difference between signing and signage

is that signing is the act of concluding a contract, especially by an athlete or entertainer with a company while signage is signs taken collectively.

As a verb signing

is .

signing

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of concluding a contract, especially by an athlete or entertainer with a company.
  • * {{quote-news, 1992, November 12, Frank Hughes, Prep Baseball Stars Lambert, Yankosky Take Spotlight With Early Signings, Washington Post, page=B5 citation
    • , passage=In basketball signings , Maryland added depth to its frontcourt by signing 6-foot-9 forward-center Joe Smith of Maury High in Norfolk
  • (by extension) A player signed by a sporting organization.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 28 , author=Tom Rostance , title=Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Early goals from summer signings Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Andre Santos proved enough to give Arsenal a narrow win over Olympiakos.}}

    Derived terms

    * signing bonus

    Verb

    (head)

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    signage

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia signage) (en-noun)
  • Signs taken collectively.
    • The signage in the airport is designed to point the way clearly to important locations.
    The poor signage at Heathrow is only in English.
  • * 2003 , Martin Waller, " Jarvis chief aims to lift siege of Paris," The Times , London, 3 Jan,
    • If you try to push more and more traffic on to limited numbers of roads you require more signage , more safety measures, bus lanes, cycle lanes and so on.

    Usage notes

    * The use of countable "a signage''" and "''signages " is chiefly in India.

    References

    * * * * * Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

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