Sign Definition

–noun

1.	a token; indication.

2.	any object, action, event, pattern, etc., that conveys a meaning.

3.	a conventional or arbitrary mark, figure, or symbol used as an abbreviation for the word or words it represents.

4.	a motion or gesture used to express or convey an idea, command, decision, etc.: Her nod was a sign that it was time to leave.

5.	a notice, bearing a name, direction, warning, or advertisement, that is displayed or posted for public view: a traffic sign; a store sign.

6.	a trace; vestige: There wasn't a sign of them.

7.	an arbitrary or conventional symbol used in musical notation to indicate tonality, tempo, etc.

8.	Medicine/Medical. the objective indications of a disease.

9.	any meaningful gestural unit belonging to a sign language.

10.	an omen; portent: a sign of approaching decadence.

11.	sign of the zodiac.

12.	sign language (def. 1).

13.	Usually, signs. traces, as footprints, of a wild animal.

14.

Mathematics. a. a plus sign or minus sign used as a symbol for indicating addition or subtraction. b. a plus sign or minus sign used as a symbol for indicating the positive or negative value of a quantity, as an integer. c. multiplication sign. d. division sign. e. a symbol, as or !, used to indicate a radical or factorial operation.

–verb (used with object)

15.	to affix a signature to: to sign a letter.

16.	to write as a signature: to sign one's name.

17.	to engage by written agreement: to sign a new player.

18.	to mark with a sign, esp. the sign of the cross.

19.	to communicate by means of a sign; signal: He signed his wish to leave.

20.	to convey (a message) in a sign language.

21.	Obsolete. to direct or appoint by a sign.

–verb (used withou be7 t object)

22.	to write one's signature, as a token of agreement, obligation, receipt, etc.: to sign for a package.

23.	to make a sign or signal: He signed to her to go away.

24.	to employ a sign language for communication.

25.	to obligate oneself by signature: He signed with another team for the next season.

—Verb phrases

26.	sign away or over, to assign or dispose of by affixing one's signature to a document: She signed over her fortune to the church.

27.	sign in (or out) to record or authorize one's arrival (or departure) by signing a register.

28.

sign off, a. to withdraw, as from some responsibility or connection. b. to cease radio or television broadcasting, esp. at the end of the day. c. Informal. to become silent: He had exhausted conversation topics and signed off. d. to indicate one's approval explicitly if not formally: The president is expected to sign off on the new agreement.

29.	sign on, a. to employ; hire. b. to bind oneself to work, as by signing a contract: He signed on as a pitcher with a major-league team. c. to start radio or television broadcasting, esp. at the beginning of the day. d. Computers. log1 (def. 17a).

30.	sign up, to enlist, as in an organization or group; to register or subscribe: to sign up for the navy; to sign up for class.

Company Definition

–noun

1.	a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.

2.	a guest or guests: We're having company for dinner.

3.	an assemblage of persons for social purposes.

4.	companionship; fellowship; association: I always enjoy her company.

5.	one's usual companions: I don't like the company he keeps.

6.	society collectively.

7.	a number of persons united or incorporated for joint action, esp. for business: a publishing company; a dance company.

8.	(initial capital letter) the members of a firm not specifically named in the firm's title: George Higgins and Company.

9.	Military. a. the smallest body of troops, consisting of a headquarters and two or three platoons. b. an 3e8 y relatively small group of soldiers. c. Army. a basic unit with both tactical and administrative functions.

10.	a unit of firefighters, including their special apparatus: a hook-and-ladder company.

11.	Also called ship's company. a ship's crew, including the officers.

12.	a medieval trade guild.

13.	the Company, Informal. a nation's major intelligence-gathering and espionage organization, as the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

–verb (used without object)

14.	Archaic. to associate.

–verb (used with object)

15.	Archaic. to accompany.

—Idioms

16.	keep company, a. to associate with; be a friend of. b. Informal. to go together, as in courtship: My sister has been keeping company with a young lawyer.

17.	part company, a. to cease association or friendship with: We parted company 20 years ago after the argument. b. to take a different or opposite view; differ: He parted company with his father on politics. c. to separate: We parted company at the airport.

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