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Definition of: closure
(klō′zhər) noun
1. A proceeding to stop debate in a deliberative body in order to secure a prompt vote: also cloture. Compare PREVIOUS QUESTION.
2. A closing or shutting up: the closure of a shop.
3. Obs. That which closes or encloses; enclosure.
—v.t. clo·sured, clo·sur·ing To apply closure to (a debate, etc.). [<OF <L clausura a closing <claudere close]
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