…an examination at the end of a term, school year, or particular class…
…the final match in a sports competition in which the winners are awarded a cup…
…the purpose or aim of an action or the end towards which a thing naturally develops…
…the four teams that qualify for the championship round in the annual NCAA men’s or women’s college basketball tournament…
…a match or round immediately preceding the final, the winner of which goes on to the final…
…a clause expressing purpose or intention (e.g. one introduced by in order that or lest)…
…a creditor’s last request for payment of money owed, before taking punitive measures…
…a match or round of a knockout competition that precedes the semi-final…
…the Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews. Introduced by Heinrich Himmler and administered by Adolf Eichmann, the policy resulted in the murder of 6 million Jews in concentration camps between 1941 and 1945…
…a further difficulty or annoyance, typically minor in itself but coming on top of a series of difficulties, that makes a situation unbearable…
…a company pension scheme in which employees' pension payments are calculated according to their length of service and their salary at the time of retirement…
…before anything else is attempted (or when all else has failed)…
…when everything has been considered (used to suggest that a statement expresses the basic truth about a complex situation)…
…the payment of a debt or fulfilment of an obligation or claim…
