Office & Administration vocabulary · Filing & Documents

Wet signature

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounCommon term

In office & administration, wet signature means: A signature written by hand in ink on a physical document.

In Turkish: ıslak imza

How it is used

Used when specifying the required signing format; a scanned image of an ink signature is not the original paper bearing it.

Example sentences

  1. The recipient requested a wet signature, so we sent the original form by courier.

    The request requires the physically signed paper, not just an emailed scan.

  2. Please check whether a wet signature is needed before printing all twelve agreements.

    The administrator verifies the signing format before producing paper copies.

Common collocations

  • require a wet signature
  • original wet signature
  • document with a wet signature

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