4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Clause \Clause\, noun [F. clause, LL. clausa, equiv. to L. clausula clause, prop., close of ? rhetorical period, close, fr. claudere to shut, to end. See {Close}.] 1. A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document. The usual attestation clause to a will. --Bouvier. 2. (Gram.) A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Clause \Clause\, noun [Obs.] See {Letters clause} or {Letters close}, under {Letter}. From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: clause noun 1: (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence 2: a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) [syn: {article}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 90 Moby Thesaurus words for "clause": adjectival phrase, article, back matter, bill, book, boundary condition, calendar, catch, chapter, column, companion bills amendment, condition, construction, donnee, dragnet clause, enacting clause, escalator clause, escape clause, escape hatch, expression, fascicle, fine print, folio, front matter, gathering, given, grounds, headed group, hold-up bill, idiom, idiotism, installment, joker, kicker, limiting condition, livraison, locution, manner of speaking, motion, noun phrase, number, obligation, omnibus bill, page, paragraph, parameter, part, passage, peculiar expression, period, phrasal idiom, phrase, prerequisite, privileged question, provision, provisions, proviso, question, requisite, rider, saving clause, section, sentence, serial, set phrase, sheet, signature, sine qua non, small print, specification, standard phrase, stipulation, string, syntactic structure, term, terms, text, turn of expression, turn of phrase, ultimatum, usage, utterance, verb complex, verb phrase, verbalism, verse, volume, way of speaking, whereas, word-group

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