from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. The end or conclusion: the closing of a debate.
- n. A meeting for completing a transaction, especially one at which contracts are signed transferring ownership of real estate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. The end or conclusion of something
- n. The final procedure in a house sale when documents are signed and recorded.
- adj. Coming after all others.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. final or ending; terminal; ; the closing weeks of the year; the closing scene of the film; closing remarks. Opposite of
- n. the act of closing something.
- n. the last section of a communication.
- n. termination of operations.
- n. a concluding action.
- n. 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.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. the last section of a communication
- n. a concluding action
- adj. final or ending
- n. the act of closing something
- n. approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
- n. termination of operations
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All I ask in closing is that you agree that amongst all those folks of CI and above that some write off as “wasters” there are commited cops who enjoy the job and just do a different part of it.
All I can say in closing is i could have done a better job with that alphabet soup Anderson titled Saga of the Seven Suns.
All I have to say in closing is this: Take the expressions of my great desire for the success and prosperity of this country-grow, prosper and multiply.
Thus my personal experience of what I call the closing of the Muslim mind involved not only fundamentalist individuals such as Sister Aziza and Boqol Sawm another of my quranic tutors in Kenya, who themselves had been radicalized in Saudi schools, but also non-radical, “regular,” or what some would call “moderate” teachers.
After saying he would not come here, and talking to all the national television shows, he now says that he wants to come here and give what he calls a closing argument to the state Senate.
He spoke in North Carolina as Mr. Obama was delivering what he called his closing argument in Canton, Ohio.
On the campaign trail, Senator Obama today put the economy at the center of his speeches as he made what he calls his closing argument to voters.
So Barack Obama up there on the stump in a lot of these key states making what he calls his closing argument.
But now we want to get to Barack Obama campaigning in Indianapolis earlier today he gave his what he called his closing arguments speech.
Last night, Senator Lieberman made what he called his closing arguments.