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rule off

rule off verb: to draw a line underneath, for example to mark the end of a topic or of an accounting period.

Verb

rule off (third-person singular simple present rules off, present participle ruling off, simple past and past participle ruled off)

  1. (transitive) To draw a line underneath, for example to mark the end of a topic or of an accounting period.
    • The correctness of the accounts receivable ledger is ascertained by comparison of its balance with that of the control account. The practice of arbitrarily ruling off accounts in the ledger at the end of each month because of the fact that creamery operation usually is divided into monthly periods...1917, John Regester Humphrey, George Anton Nahstoll, Accounting Records for Country Creameries, page 15

Forms of rule off

third-person singular presentrules off
present participleruling off
past participleruled off
pastruled off

Questions about rule off

What does rule off mean?
Rule off means to draw a line underneath, for example to mark the end of a topic or of an accounting period.
What part of speech is rule off?
Rule off is a verb.
What is the past tense of rule off?
The past tense of rule off is ruled off.

Words near rule off in the dictionary

  1. rule of three
  2. rule of threes
  3. rule of thumb
  4. rule of tincture
  5. rule of two
  6. rule off
  7. rule OK
  8. rule on
  9. rule out
  10. rule set
  11. rule sets

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