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June 12[edit]

What does "signed for one day" mean?[edit]

Patrick asks Dana about money:

Dana: It had been signed for one day by the staff at Grande Liquor, and they missed it. It was in the trolley, so...

Patrick: You stole it?

Dana: Yeah, I f*cking stole it.

What does "signed for one day" mean? Rizosome (talk) 16:22, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You have not given the source, Rizosome, so I can only guess; but my guess is it means "on one particular day, somebody signed for it", i.e. signed a docket that it had been received. --ColinFine (talk) 17:48, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. Rizosome, I think you are not properly separating the words in your mind. There are two phrases running together here: "signed for" and "one day". --Khajidha (talk) 18:58, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It is dialogue from the film Wrath of Man, H interrogating Dana about her cash stash. --Lambiam 22:48, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]