notice

Definition

noun

a piece of written information
Example The company secretary pinned up a notice about the pension scheme.
information given to warn someone officially that something is going to happen, e.g. that a contract is going to end, that terms of a contract are going to be changed, that an employee will leave a job at a specific date, or that a tenant must leave the property being occupied
Usage to give someone notice, to serve notice on someone
to give someone a legal notice

Usage to give a tenant notice to quit, to serve a tenant with notice to quit
to inform a tenant officially that he or she has to leave the premises by a specified date

Usage to hand in your notice
to inform your employers officially that you will leave your job
a legal document informing someone of something
Usage to give notice of appeal
to start official proceedings for an appeal to be heard
knowledge of a fact