Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 the temporal end; 
 the concluding time; 
- Example: "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"- Example: "the market was up at the finish"- Example: "they were playing better at the close of the season"[syn: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
stopping point
    n 1: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point
         of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up
         at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of
         the season" [syn: stopping point, finale, finis,
         finish, last, conclusion, close]