sign-up
noun
an act or instance of signing up.
sign-up
American
[sahyn-uhp]
/ ˈsaɪnˌʌp /
Or
signup
noun
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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
There is no advance sign-up required, unlike the U.K.’s new entry rules.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Detainees previously used a sign-up sheet to meet with members of Congress or just started talking to detainees they encountered during facility tours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
No one forced him to sign-up, he said, but the idea was constantly present.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Ruth had already handed her the sign-up clipboard.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
But getting a large segment of Meta’s 3.6 billion users to sign up seems daunting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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
Eat Social, which operates a cafe in Wensum Street, Norwich, is launching the campaign in October, asking people to sign up to take part in the two-day task.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
When Manning's boys where born, "immediately we were sent something in the mail to sign up," she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
“I’ve engaged him to sign up with us. Seems to me we struck lucky a coming here.”
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
A "social supermarket" offering low cost groceries and budgeting advice says it has had 600 sign-ups in its first year.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
They accounted for 65% of American Express’s new consumer accounts globally in the second quarter, and more than three-quarters of Amex’s premium credit card sign-ups in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 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
There have now been 7 million sign-ups, and 1.7 million of those accounts are eligible for the $1,000 in seed money, according to fresh figures from the Treasury Department.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 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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