Commit and Close

commit

(v.t.) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
(v.t.) To confound.
(v.i.) To sin; especially, to be incontinent.
(v.t.) To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.
(v.t.) To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with.
(v.t.) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course.
(v.t.) To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin or fault.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

verb

Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.
- usage: "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
- synonyms: perpetrate, pull
Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
- usage: "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
- synonyms: give, dedicate, consecrate, devote
Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
- usage: "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
- synonyms: institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge
Confer a trust upon.
- usage: "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
- synonyms: entrust, intrust, trust, confide
Make an investment.
- usage: "Put money into bonds"
- synonyms: invest, put, place
Engage in or perform.
- usage: "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"
- synonyms: practice

(DoD) The process of committing one or more air interceptors or surface-to-air missiles for interception against a target track.

Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.

noun

The temporal end; the concluding time.
- usage: "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season"
- synonyms: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion
The last section of a communication.
- usage: "in conclusion I want to say..."
- synonyms: conclusion, end, closing, ending
The concluding part of any performance.
- synonyms: finale, closing curtain, finis

verb

Move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut.
- usage: "Close the door"; "shut the window"
- synonyms: shut
Become closed.
- usage: "The windows closed with a loud bang"
- synonyms: shut
Cease to operate or cause to cease operating.
- usage: "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P. M."; "close up the shop"
- synonyms: close up, fold, shut down, close down
Finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.. )
- usage: "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board"
Come to a close.
- usage: "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin"
- synonyms: conclude
Complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement.
- usage: "We closed on the house on Friday"; "They closed the deal on the building"
Be priced or listed when trading stops.
- usage: "The stock market closed high this Friday"; "My new stocks closed at $59 last night"
Engage at close quarters.
- usage: "close with the enemy"
Cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop.
Change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact.
Come together, as if in an embrace.
- usage: "Her arms closed around her long lost relative"
- synonyms: come together
Draw near.
- usage: "The probe closed with the space station"
Bring together all the elements or parts of.
- usage: "Management closed ranks"
Bar access to.
- usage: "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours"
Fill or stop up.
- usage: "Can you close the cracks with caulking"
- synonyms: fill up
Unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of.
- usage: "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella"
- synonyms: close up
Finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead.
- usage: "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning"

adjective

At or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other.
- usage: "close to noon"; "how close are we to town"; "a close formation of ships"
Close in relevance or relationship.
- usage: "a close family"; "we are all... In close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance"
Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
- usage: "near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call"
- synonyms: near, nigh
Rigorously attentive; strict and thorough.
- usage: "close supervision"; "paid close attention"; "a close study"; "kept a close watch on expenditures"
Marked by fidelity to an original.
- usage: "a close translation"; "a faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of the observed facts"
- synonyms: faithful
Of a contest or contestants. ( evenly matched)
- usage: "a close contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game"
- synonyms: tight
Crowded.
- usage: "close quarters"
- synonyms: confining
Lacking fresh air.
- usage: "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke"
- synonyms: airless, stuffy, unaired
Of textiles.
- usage: "a close weave"; "smooth percale with a very tight weave"
- synonyms: tight
Strictly confined or guarded.
- usage: "kept under close custody"
Confined to specific persons.
- usage: "a close secret"
Fitting closely but comfortably.
- usage: "a close fit"
- synonyms: snug, close-fitting
Used of hair or haircuts.
- usage: "a close military haircut"
Giving or spending with reluctance.
- usage: "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
- synonyms: cheeseparing, near, penny-pinching, skinny
Inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information.
- usage: "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it"
- synonyms: closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped

adverb

Near in time or place or relationship.
- usage: "as the wedding day drew near"; "stood near the door"; "don't shoot until they come near"; "getting near to the true explanation"; "her mother is always near"; "The end draws nigh"; "the bullet didn't come close"; "don't get too close to the fire"
- synonyms: near, nigh
In an attentive manner.
- usage: "he remained close on his guard"
- synonyms: closely, tight

(v.t.) Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
(v.t.) Parsimonious; stingy.
(v.t.) Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; -- opposed to open.
(n.) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
(v.i.) To grapple; to engage in hand-to-hand fight.
(v.t.) Difficult to obtain; as, money is close.
(n.) To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine.
(v.i.) To come together; to unite or coalesce, as the parts of a wound or parts separated.
(v.t.) Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict; not wandering; as, a close observer.
(v.t.) Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact; strict; as, a close translation.
(n.) To stop or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.
(v.t.) Intimate; familiar; confidential.
(v.t.) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not inclosed.
(v.t.) Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent.
(adv.) In a close manner.
(v.t.) Short; as, to cut grass or hair close.
(n.) Conclusion; cessation; ending; end.
(v.t.) Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close prisoner.
(v.i.) To end, terminate or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock.
(v.t.) A narrow passage leading from a street to a court, and the houses within.
(v.t.) Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc.
(v.t.) Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box.
(n.) A grapple in wrestling.
(v.t.) Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; as, a close vote.
(n.) To bring to an end or period; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to end; to consummate; as, to close a bargain; to close a course of instruction.
(n.) To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often used with up.
(v.t.) Adjoining; near; either in space; time or thought; -- often followed by to.
(v.t.) An inclosed place; especially, a small field or piece of land surrounded by a wall, hedge or fence of any kind; -- specifically, the precinct of a cathedral or abbey.
(adv.) Secretly; darkly.
(n.) A double bar marking the end.
(v.t.) Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact; as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as applied to liquids.
(n.) The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
(v.t.) Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning.
(v.t.) Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

CLOSE is a period defined by the Exchange and occurring at the end of each trading session wherein any transactions are considered to be made "at the close.".

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