To terminate; to call the end of.
To terminate a computer program.
To make trades offsetting an existing position, leaving the trader with a neutral position.
Of a wave, to break all at once, instead of progressively along its length.
To exclude by blocking all opportunities to enter or join.
To seal off.
Synonym of close (“to make a sale”)
To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.
To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear or hind, or which follows.
The buttocks.