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.

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Meanings

nounpermission slip (plural permission slips)

plural permission slips

  1. USeducationA 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)
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APA

permission slip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/permission%20slip

MLA

“permission slip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/permission%20slip. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “permission slip,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/permission%20slip.

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