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Sign off

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

phrasal verbCommon term

In office & administration, sign off means: To give official approval for something, such as an invoice, an expense claim, a budget or a document, often by signing it.

In Turkish: onaylamak, onay vermek, imzayla onaylamak

How it is used

Common in admin: "Who needs to sign off the invoice?", "The director signed off on the budget." Both sign off and sign off on are used. The noun is sign-off: "We need sign-off from finance." Sign off can also mean to end an email.

Example sentences

  1. Your expense claim has to be signed off by your manager before finance can pay it.

  2. Can you sign off this invoice today? The supplier is waiting for payment.

Common collocations

  • sign off an invoice
  • sign off on something
  • get sign-off
  • final sign-off
  • invoiceA document from a supplier that lists the goods or services provided, their prices, the total amount to be paid and the date it must be paid by.
  • expense claimA form or online request that an employee fills in to get back money they spent on work costs, such as travel, meals or supplies.
  • purchase orderAn official document a company sends to a supplier to order goods or services, listing the items, quantities, prices and an order number.
  • timesheetA record, on paper or in software, of the hours an employee has worked each day, sometimes split by project or client.

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