We found 28 dictionaries that define the word
cloture:
General (22 matching dictionaries)
- cloture: Merriam-Webster
- cloture: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
- cloture: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
- cloture: Collins English Dictionary
- cloture: Vocabulary.com
- Cloture, cloture: Wordnik
- cloture: Wiktionary
- cloture: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
- cloture: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
- cloture: Infoplease Dictionary
- cloture: Dictionary.com
- cloture: Online Etymology Dictionary
- Cloture: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
- Cloture: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
- cloture: Rhymezone
- Cloture: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
- cloture: FreeDictionary.org
- cloture: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
- cloture: Mnemonic Dictionary
- cloture: TheFreeDictionary.com
- cloture: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Business (4 matching dictionaries)
- cloture: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
- Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
- C-SPAN Congressional Glossary (No longer online)
- cloture: Legal dictionary
Computing (1 matching dictionary)
- cloture: Encyclopedia
Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
- cloture: A Word A Day
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clotured as well.)
▸ noun: (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.
▸ verb: To end legislative debate by this means.
gag rule,
closure,
lege,
liberum veto,
floor,
placitum,
sunset clause,
call,
quare clausum fregit,
plebiscite,
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