# close

URL: /business/verbs/close · Id: `page:business/verbs/close`

> Every close Verb, one per Noun: Conversation, Period, Risk.

`close` acts on 3 [Nouns](/business/nouns/noun). Each is its own [Verb](/business/nouns/verb), named for its Noun.

| Verb | Noun | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Conversation.close](/business/nouns/conversation/close) | [Conversation](/business/nouns/conversation) | Close marks a Conversation resolved, confirmed by the Customer or assumed after 72 hours with no reply. |
| [Period.close](/business/nouns/period/close) | [Period](/business/nouns/period) | Close ends a month’s books once every Entry in the Period is reconciled, and makes its statements final. |
| [Risk.close](/business/nouns/risk/close) | [Risk](/business/nouns/risk) | Close ends a Risk that can no longer happen and keeps it, with its scores and treatments, forever. |