close the books



close the books

Stop financial transactions; end a matter. For example, The entire estate went at the auction, so we can close the books on it, or He was glad to close the books on this case.
See also: book, close

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Luanaloo-AN-ə (English), loo-AH-nah (Italian)English, Italian, Portuguese
Pratima-Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Danko-Croatian, Serbian
ShamgarSHAM-gahr (English)Biblical
Prosenjit-Bengali
Rhian-Welsh