endgame



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endgame

The final stages of a process, development, or activity. An allusion to the last stage in chess, when the majority of pieces have been removed from the board. The two companies began the endgame of their historic, multi-billion-dollar merger deal.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Nurzhan-Kazakh
Stevo-Serbian, Croatian
Taika-Finnish (Rare)
Gulbrand-Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Maha-Arabic
Cyneric-Anglo-Saxon