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permission slip

permission slip noun: a paper form that a school sends home with a student to a parent, onto which the parent provides authorization for the student to attend a certain event, such as a field trip.

Noun

permission slip (plural permission slips)

  1. (US) A paper form that a school sends home with a student to a parent, onto which the parent provides authorization for the student to attend a certain event, such as a field trip.
    • Julie DeLongpre: Um, can someone please just sign my permission slip?
      Richard DeLongpre: Julie, there she is! What did you do today?
      Julie: Well, let's see I went to school, I got a permission slip, I asked you to sign it, …2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1)

Forms of permission slip

pluralpermission slips

Questions about permission slip

What does permission slip mean?
Permission slip means a paper form that a school sends home with a student to a parent, onto which the parent provides authorization for the student to attend a certain event, such as a field trip.
What part of speech is permission slip?
Permission slip is a noun.
What is the plural of permission slip?
The plural of permission slip is permission slips.

Words near permission slip in the dictionary

  1. permissibleness
  2. permissibles
  3. permissibly
  4. permissing
  5. permission
  6. permission slip
  7. permission slips
  8. permission structure
  9. permission structures
  10. permissioned
  11. permissioning

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