cloture
/ˈkləʊtjʊə
/noun & verb
US term for closure (sense 2 of the noun).A cloture motion failed, and the nomination was withdrawn....
- Four Democratic Senators have announced that they will vote in favor of a cloture motion, and at least one more is believed likely to do so.
- He filed a cloture motion to end the debate and put the nomination to a vote.
Origin
Late 19th century: from French clôture, from Old French closure (see closure).
Rhymes
- well-ringed
- well-ripened
- well-risen
- well-rolled
- well-roofed
- well-room
- well-rooted
- well-rotted
- well rounded
- well-rowed
- well-ruled
- well-run
- well-running
- well said
- well-sailing
- well-sanded
- well-saved
- well-scented
- well-schemed
- well-scrubbed
- Wellsean
- well-seasoned
- we'll see about that
- well-seeing
- well-seeming