Closing

Transfer of real property ownership
from seller to buyer, according to the terms
and conditions in a sales contract or escrow
agreement; final stage in a real estate
transaction.

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

closing (noun)

a concluding part (as of a speech)

a gap (as in an article of clothing) - closable

a meeting of parties to a real-estate deal for formally transferring title

Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus

closing (adjective)

following all others of the same kind in order or time

SYNONYMS:

bottommost, closing, concluding, final, hindmost, lag, latest, latter, rearmost, terminal, terminating, ultimate

RELATED WORDS:

consequent, ensuing, eventual, following, succeeding; conclusive, crowning, decisive, definitive; farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, remotest; lowermost, lowest, nethermost; endmost, extreme, outermost, outmost, utmost; penultimate

NEAR ANTONYMS:

eminent, premier, superior

beginning, earliest, first, foremost, headmost, inaugural, initial, leadoff, maiden, opening, original, pioneer, primary, starting

closing (noun)

the last part of a process or action

SYNONYMS:

capper, close, closing, conclusion, consummation, end, endgame, ending, finis, finish, grand finale, home stretch, mop-up, windup, wrap-up

RELATED WORDS:

acme, apex, capstone, climax, copestone, coup de grâce ( coup de grace), crescendo, crown, culmination, high-water mark, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, tip-top, top, zenith; aftermath, anticlimax, coda, epilogue ( epilog), postscript; shank, tag end, tail end

NEAR ANTONYMS:

foreword, introduction, overture, preamble, preface, prelude, prologue ( prolog)

baseline, beginning, dawn, day one, nascence, nascency, opening, start

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