clo‧ture /ˈkləʊtʃə $ ˈkloʊtʃər/
noun [countable] American English technical[
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: French;
Origin: clôture 'closure', from Old French closure, from Latin clausura, from claudere; ⇒ close1]
a way of ending an argument over a
bill in the US government and forcing a vote on it
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