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signature

/ˈsɪɡ.nə.t͡ʃɚ/ noun B1
  1. A person's name, written by that person, used as identification or to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract.
  2. An act of signing one's name; an act of producing a signature.
  3. The part of a doctor’s prescription containing directions for the patient.
  4. Signs on the stave indicating key and tempo, composed of the key signature and the time signature.
  5. A group of four (or a multiple of four) sheets printed such that, when folded, they become a section of a book.
  6. A pattern used for matching the identity of a virus, the parameter types of a method, etc.
  7. Data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source.
  8. A mark or sign of implication. (figuratively)

Plural signatures

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“I did not mention that, because the signature seemed to me so strange.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 590 · C1
At the end were the signatures of the high dignitaries who had signed it.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 62 · B2
There was neither superscription nor signature.
The Valley of Fear, p. 100 · C1
“Except your signature and your partner’s, M.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 5 · C1

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