noun
    
    plural -ings
    
    [count] a situation or occurrence in which a business or organization shuts down and stops its operations
    
    
    
    
    
    the last part of a letter or speech
    
    
    
    a meeting in which the owners of a house formally give ownership of the house to other people
    
    
    
    
    
    in closing
    
    formal :at the end of a speech, letter, etc.
    
    
    
    
    
    adjective
    
    always used before a noun
    
    forming the last part or end of something