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Sign off

Meaning in management & leadership, with examples

/ˌsaɪn ˈɔːf/phrasal verbCore term

In management & leadership, sign off means: To give final formal approval to something, such as a budget, design or document, so that work can go ahead; the noun is sign-off.

In Turkish: son onayı vermek, onaylamak, onay

How it is used

You sign off a budget or sign off on a plan, and some work needs sign-off from finance or legal. American English often adds on. In other contexts it also means ending an email, a broadcast or a work shift.

Example sentences

  1. The CFO still needs to sign off on the budget before we can hire.

  2. We can't launch the campaign without sign-off from legal.

Common collocations

  • sign off on a plan
  • sign off the budget
  • get sign-off
  • final sign-off
  • need sign-off from
  • decision-makingThe process of choosing between different options, including collecting information, weighing risks and benefits, and agreeing who makes the final choice.
  • authorityThe official power or right to make decisions, give instructions and use resources, usually linked to a person's role in an organisation.
  • escalateTo pass a problem or decision to someone with more authority because it cannot be solved at your level; of a conflict, to become more serious.
  • accountabilityThe duty to answer for the result of a task or decision, which includes explaining what happened and accepting the consequences, even if others did the work.

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