finalize — fi‧nal‧ize [ˈfaɪnl aɪz] also finalise verb [transitive] to finish or agree to the last part of to an arrangement, plan, business deal etc: • Mike flew out to Japan to finalize the details of the deal. • British Aerospace is about to finalise a… … Financial and business terms
finalize — v. t. [imp. & p. p. {finalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {finalizing}.] to put the last touches on; put into final form. Syn: make final, settle, nail down. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
finalize — I verb achieve, cap, clinch, close, complete, conclude, consummate, crown, decide, draw to a close, effect, end, finish, get done, get it over with, perfect, perfect in detail, put the finishing touches on, seal, settle, terminate, wind up II… … Law dictionary
finalize — 1850, from FINAL (Cf. final) + IZE (Cf. ize). Related: Finalized; finalizing … Etymology dictionary
finalize — [v] finish, complete action agree, clinch*, conclude, consummate, decide, settle, sew up*, tie up*, work out, wrap up; concept 91 Ant. begin, introduce, open, start … New thesaurus
finalize — (also finalise) ► VERB 1) complete (a transaction) after discussion of the terms. 2) produce or agree on a finished version of. DERIVATIVES finalization noun … English terms dictionary
finalize — [fī′nəl īz΄] vt. finalized, finalizing [ FINAL + IZE] to make final; bring to completion finalization n … English World dictionary
finalize — UK [ˈfaɪnəlaɪz] / US [ˈfaɪn(ə)lˌaɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms finalize : present tense I/you/we/they finalize he/she/it finalizes present participle finalizing past tense finalized past participle finalized to make the final decisions or… … English dictionary
finalize — In the sense of to complete, to conclude, to make final, finalize has been used so often that it is now accepted by most dictionaries as a standard word. Some careful speakers avoid the word because of its associations with bureaucracy and big… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
finalize — transitive verb ( ized; izing) Date: 1901 1. to put in final or finished form < soon my conclusion will be finalized D. D. Eisenhower > 2. to give final approval to < finalizing the papers prepared…by his staff Newsweek > • finalization noun… … New Collegiate Dictionary
