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signboard

a board carrying a sign or notice, esp one used to advertise a product, event, etc.
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sign, signboard

1. A display board or surface used for directions, identification, instructions, or advertising; usually consists of lettering, pictures, diagrams, decoration, etc., often in combination, on a contrasting background surface.
2. According to OSHA: a warning of hazard, temporarily or permanently affixed or placed, at a location where a hazard exists.
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He asked the court to assign a specialised engineer from Roads and Transport Authority to inspect the crash site and make a report of the positioning of warning signboards and the height barrier.
In response to Taiwanese concerns after the flag temporarily disappeared, the German government said that because the test phase of the program had ended, the flags being displayed on the signboard were being changed.
'But around the middle of this month, another signboard was put up saying that the land was private property, and today, two machines were clearing the forest,' he told reporters when met here today.
The protestors also blackened the word 'Rajiv' on the signboard by spraying black paints.
The shop owners will now pay PHA in order to install signboards larger than 20sq ft.
Former President Park Chung-hee rebuilt the wooden structure with concrete and wrote the signboard in Korean, until the gate went through a major restoration project from 2006 to 2010.
"Companies control specialists became suspicious of the signboard photos and visited the shop to verify them," said the ministry.
Holding placards and banners inscribed with early stopping of the current steps taken by the provincial government regarding cutting of the signboards and billboards, the annoyed agitators were of opinion that through a conspiracy the advertisers community is being deprived of their employment.
No action is taken against violators in case signboards are put up without approval.
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We measured the variation of the slopes of vertical line components in the signboard images and estimated trapezoidal outlines of the text region to estimate the distortion.
All it does is force the business community to fork out unnecessary large sums to replace perfectly good signboards. The only people who will benefit are the signboard makers.
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