to close out

  • 1close out — Parties to a futures contract are said to close out (or closeout) the contract when they eliminate their obligation to deliver or take delivery of the commodities or securities. By doing this they seek to end their exposure to changes in the… …

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  • 2close|out — «KLOHZ OWT», noun. a sale held to close out some or all of the goods handled by a business …

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  • 3close-out — index lockout Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4close out — verb 1. make impossible, especially beforehand • Syn: ↑preclude, ↑rule out • Derivationally related forms: ↑preclusive (for: ↑preclude) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 5Close-out (aerospace) — For other uses, see Closeout. The Space Shuttle close out crew poses with an astronaut in the white room. Close out is the process that is completed in preparing an aircraft or spacecraft and its crew for flight. The seven members of the Space… …

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  • 6close out — verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. exclude b. preclude < close out his chances > 2. a. to dispose of a whole stock of by sale b. to dispose of (a …

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  • 7close·out — /ˈkloʊzˌaʊt/ noun, pl outs [count] US 1 a : a sale in which a store tries to sell all of its products because the store is going out of business a store closeout 1 b : a sale to sell all of the old models of a product so that a store can sell the …

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  • 8close out — Synonyms and related words: balance, balance the books, bar, book, button up, cap, capitalize, carry, carry over, carry to completion, cast up accounts, charge off, clean up, clear the trade, climax, close the books, close up, complete, conclude …

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  • 9close out — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To get rid of completely by selling, especially in quantity or at a discount: dump, sell off, sell out, unload. See TRANSACTIONS …

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  • 10close out — verb a) Of a wave, to break all at once, instead of progressively along its length. b) To terminate a computer program. Ant: open up See Also: closeout …

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