close out vs stopper

close out

verb
  • To terminate a computer program. 

  • To terminate; to call the end of. 

  • 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”) 

stopper

verb
  • To close a container by using a stopper. 

noun
  • Any of several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies. 

  • A bung or cork. 

  • In the commodity futures market, someone who is long (owns) a futures contract and is demanding delivery because they want to take possession of the deliverable commodity. 

  • A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling. 

  • A short rope for making something fast. 

  • Goalkeeper. 

  • A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones. 

  • A playspot where water flows back on itself, creating a retentive feature. 

How often have the words close out and stopper occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )