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clause

UK/klɔːz/ US/kloːz/ fairly common

noun

1.

(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence

2.

a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)

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Origin

From Middle English clause, claus, borrowed from Old French clause, from Medieval Latin clausa (Latin diminutive clausula (“close, end; a clause, close of a period”)), from Latin clausus, past participle of claudere (“to shut, close”). See close, its doublet.

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