cloture
/ˈkləʊtjʊə
/noun & verb
US term for closure (sense 2 of the noun).A cloture motion failed, and the nomination was withdrawn....
- Four Democratic Senators have announced that they will vote in favor of a cloture motion, and at least one more is believed likely to do so.
- He filed a cloture motion to end the debate and put the nomination to a vote.
Origin
Late 19th century: from French clôture, from Old French closure (see closure).
Rhymes
- smash hit
- black-salter
- black sanctus
- black sand
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- blacksanding
- black sapote
- Black Sash
- Black Saturday
- Blacksburg
- black scab
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- Black-Scholes
- black scour
- black scurf
- Black Sea
- black section
- Black September
- black shale
- black sheep
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- blackshirt
- black-shirted
- black shoe
- black-sick