sign over

1. 1.

   formally assign ownership of

   “She signed away her rights”

   Synonymssign away

   Broadersurrender

Questions about sign over

What does sign over mean?

sign over means "formally assign ownership of".

What is another word for sign over?

Close synonyms include sign away. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sign over a common word?

sign over is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.