touch signature

touch signature
   a fingerprint
   Bankers' jargon, when they want positively to identify their customers without using the language of criminal investigation:
    The practice [of fingerprinting] is known by the euphemism 'touch signature', an approach which one banker described as 'part of our back-up security system'. (Daily Telegraph, September 1980)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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  • Touch Me in the Morning — Infobox Single Name = Touch Me in the Morning Artist = Diana Ross from Album = Touch Me in the Morning B side = Released = 1973 US Format = Recorded = 1973 Genre = Pop, R B Length = Label = Motown Writers = Michael Masser, Ron Miller Producers =… …   Wikipedia

  • common touch — noun the property of appealing to people in general (usually by appearing to have qualities in common with them) • Hypernyms: ↑touch, ↑signature * * * noun : the trait or gift of appealing to or arousing the sympathetic interest of the generality …   Useful english dictionary

  • Measurement and signature intelligence — (MASINT) is a branch of intelligence gathering activities. MASINT, may have aspects of intelligence analysis management, since certain aspects of MASINT, such as the analysis of electromagnetic radiation received by signals intelligence are more… …   Wikipedia

  • Measurement and Signature Intelligence — Measurement and Signature Intelligence, or MASINT, refers to intelligence gathering activities that bring together disparate elements that do not fit within the definitions of the major disciplines mentioned above. As a means of collecting… …   Wikipedia

  • You've Got the Touch — Single by Alabama from the album The Touch Released December 1986 (U.S.) Format 7 Recor …   Wikipedia

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  • Sometimes When We Touch — Single by Dan Hill from the album Longer Fuse Released 1978 Format single Recorded …   Wikipedia

  • wet signature — n. I m not sure I want to touch this one, but apparently this means a human signature, as opposed to an electronic one. I mean, do you plebs still sign stuff? …   Business English jargon and slang

  • performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …   Universalium

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