See Also: Closed out(money)
Closed out(finance)
closed(dictionary)
closed(dictionary)
closed system(medicine)
Closed fund(money)
Closed Territory(money)
Closed Stock(money)
Closed Shop(money)
Closed End Lease(money)

closed (iou)



closed ppl adjective. ME.
[from CLOSE verb + -ED1.]
gen. That has been closed; not open. ME.
Limited in number or by certain conditions; self-contained, not communicating with others. M19.
b. Math. Limited in some specified way; esp. (of a set) having the property that the result of a specified operation on any element of the set is itself a member of the set; also, (of a set) containing all its limit points. M19.
Special collocations & comb.: closed book: see BOOK noun. closed caption (chiefly N. Amer.) noun & verb (a) noun one of a series of subtitles to a television programme, accessible through a decoder; (b) verb (closed-caption) provide (a programme) with such captions. closed-circuit adjective (of television) for a restricted number of receivers by use of wires not waves for transmission. closed door fig. an obstacle, an impasse, a restriction; behind closed doors, in secret, in private. closed-door adjective restricted, obstructive, secret. closed-end adjective having a predetermined extent. closed loop: see LOOP noun2 13. closed season N. Amer. = close season s.v. CLOSE adjective & adverb. closed shop (the system obtaining in) a workshop or other establishment where only members of a trade union may be employed. closed society: characterized by a rigid system of beliefs, resisting all contact with other systems, and hostile to any structural change. closed syllable: ending in a consonant.