In plain English
It is a communication directed to a person. Its purpose is to ask that person to add their signature to a contract or another document.
In context
Here, it denotes the message or task that asks someone to sign the agreement.
- Situation
- Reading agreement sections, parties, dates, signatures, and execution status
- What it communicates
- labels a message or task asking someone to sign the agreement.
Meaning limits
The term itself does not show whether the person has signed yet.
Examples
“The signature request sat in her inbox all morning, but the lease was still unsigned.”
“After revising the payment terms, Maya sent a new signature request to the supplier.”