finis
Noun
Meaning
An end; conclusion. It is often placed at the end of a book.
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the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell
the market was up at the finish
they were playing better at the close of the season
Farr, Finis, Margaret Mitchell of Atlanta: the author of Gone With the Wind, p. 32. Soon after the riot, Margaret's family decided to move away from Jackson Hill.
His tombstone bears his name, his dates of birth and death, and the Latin inscription Summus Finis main (the ultimate goal), which is taken from the end of De temporum fine comoedia main.
As a backcountry ranger in Wyoming's Bridger Wilderness, (Finis Mitchell's old stomping grounds), I issued "citations" for a wide range of infractions that had nothing to do with State or Federal law or with environmental protection.