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Entry 6 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

closing

· IPA /ˈkloʊzɪŋ/
01 adj. final or ending; terminal; as, the closing stages of the election; the closing weeks of the year; the closing scene of the film; closing re…
  1. 1.
    final or ending; terminal; as, the closing stages of the election; the closing weeks of the year; the closing scene of the film; closing remarks. Opposite of opening.
02 n. the act of closing something.
  1. 1.
    the act of closing something.
  2. 2.
    the last section of a communication.
  3. 3.
    termination of operations.
  4. 4.
    a concluding action.
  5. 5.
    the final action in a commercial transaction, especially the meeting between buyer and seller (and in some cases mortgagee), or their representatives, in a transaction for sale of real estate in which all documents are signed and all procedures carried out to complete the sale; -- called also real estate closing.(Commerce) Also: real estate closing
Syn. shutting. — Syn. -- conclusion, close, ending. — Syn. -- closure, closedown, shutdown. — Syn. -- completion, culmination, windup, mop up.