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ruling off

ruling off is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about ruling off

What is ruling off the present participle and gerund of?
Ruling off is the present participle and gerund of rule off.

Words near ruling off in the dictionary

  1. ruling grade
  2. ruling grades
  3. ruling gradient
  4. ruling gradients
  5. ruling in
  6. ruling off
  7. ruling OK
  8. ruling on
  9. ruling out
  10. ruling pen
  11. ruling pens

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