closeout

closeout
/klohz"owt'/, n.
1. a sale on all goods in liquidating a business.
2. a sale on goods of a type that will no longer be carried by the store.
3. an article of merchandise offered for sale at a closeout.
[1920-25; n. use of v. phrase close out]

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