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rules off

rules off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rule off.

Meaning of rule off

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

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What is rules off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rules off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rule off.

Words near rules off in the dictionary

  1. rules of engagement
  2. rules of order
  3. rules of the game
  4. rules of the road
  5. rules of thumb
  6. rules off
  7. rules official
  8. rules OK
  9. rules on
  10. rules out
  11. rules the day

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