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clo·ture

Audio Help [kloh-cher] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -tured, -tur·ing. U.S. Parliamentary Procedure

–noun

1.	a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.

–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

2.	to close (a debate) by cloture.

[Origin: 1870–75; < F clôture, MF closture < VL *clōstūra, alter. of L clōstra, claustra, pl. of claustrum barrier. See claustral, -ure

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clo·ture Audio Help   (klō'chər) Pronunciation Key
n.   A parliamentary procedure by which debate is ended and an immediate vote is taken on the matter under discussion. Also called closure.

tr.v.   clo·tured, clo·tur·ing, clo·tures
To apply cloture to (a parliamentary debate).

[French clôture, from Old French closture, probably alteration of closure, closure; see closure.]

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cloture

1871, the Fr. word for "the action of closing," applied to debates in the Fr. Assembly, from Fr. clôture, from O.Fr. closture, from L. claustura.

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cloture
noun
1.	a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body [syn: closure]
verb
1.	terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion" [syn: closure]