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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
closing form (plural closing forms)
- A standard formula to end a letter.
- Antonyms: opening form, (thereof the hypernym) salutation, greeting form, address form, form of address
- Hypernym: parting phrase
- 1876, James Willis Westlake, How to Write Letters: A Manual of Correspondence, Showing the Correct Structure, Composition, Punctuation, Formalities, and Uses of the Various Kinds of Letters, Notes and Cards[1], Philadelphia: Sower, Potts & Co., published 1883, page 235:
- On the left-hand column of the first page, near the top, the petitioner writes the salutation (“Most Holy Father,” e.g.), then,—leaving the customary space,—his petition; and at the bottom, without his signature, a formula corresponding to our closing form, “And your petitioner, as in duty bound, will ever pray," etc.
- (transferred) A standard formula to end a speech.
- a. 2005, William N. Fenton, Iroquois Journey. An Anthropologist Remembers, University of Nebraska Press, published 2007, →ISBN, page 68:
- Howard advised that I make a formal presentation to the chiefs at their next meeting and that I address them in the Onondaga language. He would tell me what to say, and I would write it phonetically. Using the correct forms would help. This we did. I memorized the opening greeting and the closing forms, which I still recall, and I read the rest.
- (US) A form in an authority filled to formally document the closing a case.
- 1975, Oversight of Civil Aeronautics Board Practices and Procedures: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, First Session, volume 3, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 2347:
- Mr. Knudson. Well, as I pointed out to Mr. Bakes when we were speaking, they are in consecutive order, Senator. I could have very easily gotten all of the numbers in consecutive order and initiated one of these forms, closing forms, to begin the process through to close the case.
- (US) A form used to document an important legal transaction.
- Holonym: closing document
- 2003, K. F. Boackle, Real Estate Closing Deskbook. A Lawyer's Reference Guide & State-by-state Summary, 2nd edition, American Bar Association, →ISBN, page 323:
- They boast over 1700 merge variables for use in word processing in order to fully customize all necessary closing forms including deeds, affidavits, payoff letters etc.
- (programming) A method to end an implemented functionality.
Translations[edit]
standard formula to end a letter
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