Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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 — as a synonym of complete or finish, came into use in the 1920s in Australia and New Zealand, then in the US and, in the 1930s, in Britain. It was widely denounced by usage pundits such as Partridge and Gowers as an unnecessary addition; but it… … Modern English usage
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
