Past tense of finalize; to complete or make final arrangements for something.
From Latin finalis 'of or pertaining to an end' + English suffix -ize. The verb 'finalize' emerged in American English in the early 20th century, initially criticized by purists as unnecessary jargon but now widely accepted.
The word 'finalize' sparked fierce linguistic debates in the 1960s, with British critics calling it 'hideous bureaucratic jargon,' yet it filled a genuine need for expressing the completion of complex processes that 'finish' alone couldn't capture.
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