cloture

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French clôture (“closure”). Doublet of closure and clausure. === Pronunciation === enPR: klō'chûr (US) IPA(key): /ˈkloʊ.t͡ʃɝ/, /ˈkloʊ.t͡ʃɚ/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkloʊ.tjʊə(ɹ)/ === Noun === cloture (countable and uncountable, plural clotures) (law, politics, chiefly US) In legislative assemblies that permit unlimited debate (that is, a filibuster): a motion, procedure or rule by which debate is ended so that a vote may be taken on the matter. For example, in the United States Senate, a three-fifths majority vote of the body is required to invoke cloture and terminate debate. ==== Alternative forms ==== clôture ==== Synonyms ==== closure ==== Related terms ==== claustrophobia cloister ==== Translations ==== === Verb === cloture (third-person singular simple present clotures, present participle cloturing, simple past and past participle clotured) To end legislative debate by this means. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === cloture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Coulter, clouter, coulter, lectour