sign-up
noun
an act or instance of signing up.
sign-up
American
[sahyn-uhp]
/ ˈsaɪnˌʌp /
Or
signup
noun
-
sign-ups
plural
sign up
British
verb
sign up
Idioms
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of sign-up
First recorded in 1945–50; noun use of verb phrase sign up
Example Sentences
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I have opened new cards to get the free sign-up bonuses.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
WSJ | Buy Side: Shop our editors’ picks on early Prime Day deals and sign-up for the Buy Side newsletter to receive our new Deal Decoder with weekly sales worth shopping.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
No one forced him to sign-up, he said, but the idea was constantly present.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Netflix doesn’t ask subscribers for personal information in the sign-up process, as it can discourage people from buying the service.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2026
I felt a mixture of anger and disappointment as I swiftly turned and marched into the cafeteria to find the sign-up sheet.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
As of Wednesday, Facebook, Instagram and Threads users in 16 Spanish-speaking countries can sign up to provide context to online posts, which will remain invisible to others under the pilot program.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
The custodians who manage these plans, like Fidelity and Vanguard, will make it easy at age 50 or 60 to sign up for a guaranteed-income plan when the time comes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
The Housing Ombudsman covers social housing in England and private landlords can sign up voluntarily.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Lounges have helped persuade travelers to stay within an airline’s loyalty program and to sign up for credit cards that carry hefty fees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Somebody said newspaper reporters with cameras would be at the sign up recruiting office to snap a picture of the first boy young man from our area to sign up to be a soldier enlist.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
It is understood that the majority of the data accessed was restricted to customer email addresses and related to WiFi sign-ups within the airports' terminals.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The service saw 2.8 million sign-ups in June, its strongest month since the service’s launch last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Moonshot had to pause sign-ups for premium services just two days after launching K3 because it didn’t have enough computing capacity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Moonshot AI posted on X over the weekend that exploding demand for Kimi K3 had pushed capacity to its limits, leading the company to temporarily pause new sign-ups to prioritize compute access for current members.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
In the morning the principal had announced sign-ups for football and cheerleading and other stuff.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
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