to close the books
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帳簿を締める, 会計期間を締める
to no longer make new entries when an accounting period is at its end
慣用句
例
The finance team will close the books at the end of the month.
財務チームは月末に帳簿を締める予定だ。
to close the book on something
01
何かに終止符を打つ, 問題を終わらせる
to put an end to something, particularly something bad, that has been going on for some time
慣用句
くだけた
例
Detectives had closed the book on the Hornsey Murders case three years previously.
新しい合意により、何年にもわたる法的争いにようやく終止符が打たれた。



























