Stringency and Close

noun

• A state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit.
  • synonyms: tightness
• Conscientious attention to rules and details.
  • synonyms: strictness

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.

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.".