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PRONUNCIATION OF CLOSE THE BOOKS

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLOSE THE BOOKS

close call
close combat
close company
close corporation
close down
close harmony
close in
close one´s eyes
close out
close position
close punctuation
close quarters
close ranks
close season
close shave
close the book on
close to the bone
close to the wind
close with
close work

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLOSE THE BOOKS

black books
books
Brooks
cook the books
gadzooks
good looks
in someone´s bad books
in someone´s black books
in someone´s good books
keep the books
looks
odzooks
on tenterhooks
on the books
Sibylline Books
symbolical books
tenterhooks
to close the books
to cook the books
to go into the record books

Synonyms and antonyms of close the books in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «close the books» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLOSE THE BOOKS

Find out the translation of close the books to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of close the books from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «close the books» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

合上本本
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cerrar los libros
570 millions of speakers

English

close the books
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

किताबें बंद
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

إغلاق الكتب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

закрыть книги
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fechar os livros
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বই বন্ধ করুন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fermer les livres
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tutup buku
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schließen die Bücher
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

帳簿を締める
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

책을 닫습니다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nutup buku
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đóng sách
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புத்தகங்களை மூடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुस्तके बंद करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kitapları kapat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chiudere i libri
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zamknięcia ksiąg
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

закрити книги
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

închide cărțile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κλείστε τα βιβλία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sluit die boeke
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

göra bokslut
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lukke bøkene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of close the books

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLOSE THE BOOKS»

The term «close the books» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.133 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLOSE THE BOOKS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about close the books

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLOSE THE BOOKS»

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Federal Taxation of S Corporations
[b] — Election to Close the Books. A pro rata daily allocation of income and deductions can cause distortions. Since the shareholders may choose any revocation date, an election to close the books assures that prerevocation losses pass ...
Deborah H. Schenk, 2013
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QuickBooks 2011: The Missing Manual
QuickBooks, on the other hand, doesn't care ifyou close the books in your company file. The closing task is mainly to protect you from the consequences of changing the numbers in previous years (like altering the company file so that it no ...
Bonnie Biafore, 2010
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Nonprofit Bookkeeping & Accounting For Dummies
You close the books to determine your nonprofit's income or losses for the year. If you don't close your books, you have no ending to your accounting period. Without closed books you have no new beginning. Your accounting period had a  ...
Sharon Farris, 2009
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QuickBooks 2006: The Missing Manual
QuickBooks, on the other hand, doesn't care if you close the books in your company file. The closing task protects you from the consequences of changing the numbers in previous years (like altering the company file so that it no longer ...
Bonnie Biafore, 2005
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Fast Close: A Guide to Closing the Books Quickly
This is the beginning of a harrowing process that can last for weeks, as they struggle through the dozens of steps required to close the books for the preceding month. If there is an unusual result at the end of this morass, senior management ...
Steven M. Bragg, 2009
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Accounting Reference Desktop
In this chapter, we will cover the steps needed not only to properly organize the financial statement production process, but also how to close the books quite rapidly. Speed of closure is an important goal, for it shifts the focus of the accounting ...
Steven M. Bragg, 2002
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
It has been used figuratively since the mid-18005. close shave 3 See CLOsE CALL. closet 3 See COME OUT OE THE CLOsET; sKELETON IN THE CLOsET. close the books Stop financial transactions; end a matter. For example, The entire  ...
Christine Ammer, 2013
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QuickBooks 2013: The Missing Manual: The Official Intuit ...
QuickBooks, on the other hand, doesn't care whether you close the books in your company file. The closing task is mainly to protect you from the consequences of changing the numbers in previous years (like altering the company file so that it ...
Bonnie Biafore, 2012
9
QuickBooks 2014: The Missing Manual: The Official Intuit ...
QuickBooks, on the other hand, doesn't care whether you close the books in your company file. The closing task is mainly to protect you from the consequences of changing the numbers in previous years (like altering the company file so that it ...
Bonnie Biafore, 2013
10
Inconvenient Justice: The Struggle to "close the Books" in ...
Inconvenient Justice argues for a more nuanced understanding of the dynamic "local" that goes beyond the realm of a cultural framework.
Tazreena Sajjad, American University. School of International Service, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLOSE THE BOOKS»

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Quebec police say positive ID of Porter's body in Panamanian …
Authorities in Quebec have said they will not close the books on Porter's criminal proceedings – charges that include fraud, conspiracy to ... «Medicine Hat News, Jul 15»
2
Sunburn - The morning read of what's hot in Florida politics - July 4th …
Trying to close the books on the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, BP agreed … to provide billions of dollars in new money to five Gulf Coast ... «SaintPetersBlog, Jul 15»
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$18.7B deal clears path for BP to close books on Gulf spill
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Trying to close the books on the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, BP agreed Thursday to provide billions of dollars ... «Chron.com, Jul 15»
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BP inks $18.7B deal aimed to close books on Gulf spill
NEW ORLEANS — Trying to close the books on the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, BP agreed Thursday to provide billions of dollars in ... «GazetteNET, Jul 15»
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$18.7B deal clears path for BP to close books on Gulf spill - AOL.com
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Trying to close the books on the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, BP agreed Thursday to provide billions of dollars ... «AOL News, Jul 15»
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Bristol school food services'deficit shrinks
Gary Franzi, district finance director, said he won't close the books on 2014-15 until the end of July because late reimbursements and the final ... «Bristol Press, Jul 15»
7
Fire still burning after hazardous rail spill in Tennessee
Trying to close the books on the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, BP agreed Thursday to provide billions of dollars in new money to five Gulf Coast states in ... «NewsWest9.com, Jul 15»
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Tampa to review allegation of fire fund shortage
“Please settle with me as soon as possible so I can close the books before starting collection for March,” Patricio wrote. Glisson said human ... «TBO.com, Jul 15»
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Authorities: Suspect said he was on meth during killings
Trying to close the books on the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, BP agreed Thursday to provide billions of dollars in new money to five Gulf Coast states in ... «NewsWest9.com, Jul 15»
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Business Highlights
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Trying to close the books on the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, BP agreed Thursday to provide billions of dollars ... «New Jersey Herald, Jul 15»

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