give notice
Idioms-
Inform or warn someone of something, as in He's prompt about giving us notice of any discrepancy in the accounts . [Late 1500s]
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Tell one's employer one is quitting, as in Our housekeeper gave notice last week . This usage, first recorded in 1765, originally alluded to any kind of termination, such as a housing lease, but today is most often used for leaving employment.
Example Sentences
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Landlords will have to provide a specific reason and give notice to end a tenancy.
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024
For challenges based on something other than residence, such as citizenship, the registrar has to hold a hearing and give notice to both the challenger and the challenged voter.
From Salon • Aug. 16, 2024
And Baker said the FAA plans to go beyond to the current regime of audits, where inspectors give notice in advance of coming to the factory and largely look at documentation of procedures.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2024
The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a dispute about when — or if — the IRS must give notice when it accesses banking records while probing assets of a delinquent taxpayer.
From Washington Times • Mar. 29, 2023
I want to ask where there is anything in that notice that would give notice to the purchaser that he could not rent or loan those books?
From Arguments before the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives, on H. R. 11943, to Amend Title 60, Chapter 3, of the Revised Statutes of the United States Relating to Copyrights May 2, 1906. by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Patents
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