signoff

signoffnoun

• 1

  The act or process of signing off (approving with a signature).

• 2

  The process of exiting a computer system; logoff.

  • Another problem stems from the fact that many different things can cause a user signoff. ln most cases, it is the issuance of the $SIGNOFF command, but there are other circumstances after which the system will force a user off […]
• 3

  bridgegamesA bid indicating that one's partner should pass.

  • Jack North then tried for game with two no-trump before respecting his partner’s signoff in three diamonds.
• 4

  A valediction, such as at the end of a letter or broadcast.

  • Just think of Walter Cronkite's famous signoff for the CBS Evening News—“And that's the way it is”—or the motto of the New York Times—“All the news that's fit to print.”