"rule off" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rules off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ruling off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ruled off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ruled off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "rule off (third-person singular simple present rules off, present participle ruling off, simple past and past participle ruled off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (off)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1917, John Regester Humphrey, George Anton Nahstoll, Accounting Records for Country Creameries, page 15",
          "text": "The correctness of the accounts receivable ledger is ascertained by comparison of its balance with that of the control account. The practice of arbitrarily ruling off accounts in the ledger at the end of each month because of the fact that creamery operation usually is divided into monthly periods is not recommended, since it is intended that the ledger shall represent a continuous, accumulated record of the transactions throughout the year.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To draw a line underneath, for example to mark the end of a topic or of an accounting period."
      ],
      "id": "en-rule_off-en-verb-C813lW3Z",
      "links": [
        [
          "draw",
          "draw"
        ],
        [
          "line",
          "line"
        ],
        [
          "underneath",
          "underneath"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "topic",
          "topic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To draw a line underneath, for example to mark the end of a topic or of an accounting period."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "rule off"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rules off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ruling off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ruled off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ruled off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "rule off (third-person singular simple present rules off, present participle ruling off, simple past and past participle ruled off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (off)",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1917, John Regester Humphrey, George Anton Nahstoll, Accounting Records for Country Creameries, page 15",
          "text": "The correctness of the accounts receivable ledger is ascertained by comparison of its balance with that of the control account. The practice of arbitrarily ruling off accounts in the ledger at the end of each month because of the fact that creamery operation usually is divided into monthly periods is not recommended, since it is intended that the ledger shall represent a continuous, accumulated record of the transactions throughout the year.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To draw a line underneath, for example to mark the end of a topic or of an accounting period."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "draw",
          "draw"
        ],
        [
          "line",
          "line"
        ],
        [
          "underneath",
          "underneath"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "topic",
          "topic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To draw a line underneath, for example to mark the end of a topic or of an accounting period."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "rule off"
}