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Initialing

To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.

📖 Definitions of "Initialing"

verb
  1. 1

    To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.

    "Please initial each page and sign the contract in full at the bottom."

noun
  1. 1

    The act of adding ones initials to a document rather than signing

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firstnounPreceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
initiallernounAlternative form of initialer. [The artist who decorates the initial letters in an illuminated manuscript.]
autographingnounThe signing of an autograph.
sign-onnounThe username and password for logging in to a computer account.
initialernounOne who initials a document.
signaturenounA person's name, written by that person, used as identification or to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract.
enscripturationnounAlternative spelling of inscripturation. [The act or process of inscripturating.]
autographnounA person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
presignaturenoun(cryptography) An intermediate value used in forming a signature, unrelated to the contents of the message being signed.
paraphnounA flourish made after or below one's signature, originally to prevent forgery.
keysigningnoun(cryptography) The process of digitally signing someone else's public key using one's own.
signum manusnoun(historical) The medieval practice of signing a document or charter with a special type of monogram or royal cipher.
countersignnoun(law) A second signature added to a document to affirm the validity of the signature of the first person.
indentionnoun(typography) An empty space at the beginning of a line to signal the start of a new paragraph.
cut signaturenounAn autograph extracted from a signed document.
signationnoun(obsolete) A sign given, especially of a cross
countersignaturenounA signature made to confirm or endorse another.
sign-offnounAlternative spelling of signoff. [The act or process of signing off (approving with a signature).]
signatarynounAlternative form of signatory. [One who signs or has signed something.]
monogramnounA design or motif composed of one or more letters, often intertwined, used as an identifying mark of an individual or institution; the letters are usually the initials of their names.

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