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Definitions

1. 1

   To terminate

   To terminate; to call the end of.

   • Lisicki recovered quickly enough and broke once again at 1-1, using her heavy to serve to dominate before a sweetly-struck backhand down the line closed out the set after 43 minutes.
2. 2

   Synonym of close (“to make a sale”).

   • Sales people are taught how to close out the deal. Buyers are less well trained but protect themselves with processes that stop the seller from reaching this stage.
3. 3

   To settle, to pay what is due.

   • Much to the dismay of bartenders, many 20-somethings prefer to close out and pay after every drink, no matter how many beverages they end up ordering.
   • WYCA members are also expected to approve an extra £1.4m in development funding, which would help "close out outstanding legacy issues and allow the project to be remobilised".
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   1. 4

      To break all at once, instead of progressively along its length.

      • You either want to land on the top of the wave (if it has closed out), or in the transition
   2. 5

      To terminate a computer program.

   3. 6

      To exclude by blocking all opportunities to enter or join.

   4. 7

      To make trades offsetting an existing position, leaving the trader with a neutral…

      To make trades offsetting an existing position, leaving the trader with a neutral position.

   5. 8

      To seal off.

      • One week later, the new Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-C) was loaded on Discovery and the payload bay doors were cleared and closed out.

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