close out vs ultimate

close out

verb
  • 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”) 

ultimate

noun
  • The greatest extremity; the maximum 

  • The most basic or fundamental of a set of things 

  • The final or most distant point; the conclusion 

adj
  • Being the most distant or extreme; farthest. 

  • That will happen at some time; eventual. 

  • Final; last in a series. 

  • Last in a word or other utterance. 

  • Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme. 

  • Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final. 

  • Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental. 

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