exit
/ˈeksɪt/ verb [I or T]Definition
› to stop working for a company or doing a particular business activity: Departing executives usually exit the company almost immediately. Four cruise ships are being sold off as the company plans to exit its cruise-line operations.exit from sth We are exiting from retail to focus on distribution.
› FINANCE to stop investing in something: Owners of the stock, which closed at 205p yesterday, should not exit now.exit from sth Nervous investors exited from property shares.
› IT to stop using a computer program: Remember to save your work before you exit. exit the program/site/game
(Definition of exit verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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