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Close Miking: The positioning of a microphone very close to the performer's mouth--often used by radio and TV announcers.

Closely Held Shares: A company who has a small group of controling shareholders. In contrast, a widely-held firm has many shareholders. It is difficult or impossible to wage a proxy battle for any closely-held firm.

Closely Held Company: A corporation whose voting stock is owned by only a few shareholders.

Closer: Relief pitcher who specialises in pitching the last few outs of a game. General used to hold a lead in the late innings of a game.

Disclosed Dual Agency: Real estate licensing laws may permit dual agency only if the buyer and seller are informed and consent to the brokers representation of both in the same transaction. Although the possibilit . . . View Full Definition

Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP): A unit cell in which two hexagons (six-sided shapes) form the top and bottom of the prism. An atom is located at the center and at each point of the hexagon. Three atoms, one at each point o . . . View Full Definition

Extreme Close Up (XCU): A framing that presents a view closer than a conventional close-up--e.g., a shot of an eye that fills the entire screen.

Closely Held: A closely held corporation is one in which a handful of investors, often the people who founded the company, members of the founders' families, or sometimes the current management team, own . . . View Full Definition

Closed-Panel HMO: An HMO whose physicians are either HMO employees or belong to a group of physicians that contract with the HMO.

Closed Transaction: A transaction that is completed within the accounting period: both the purchase and payment or sale and receipt of payment occur within the same accounting period.