Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

close the books

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.94 in modern English

Syllables: close the -books
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To finalize the financial records for a specific accounting period; to cease trading.

Inflected Forms

closes the books (present, singular) closing the books (participle, present) closed the books (participle, past) closed the books (past)

Questions

What does close the books mean?: To finalize the financial records for a specific accounting period; to cease trading.

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