Definition of "exit" []

• The act of going away or out. (noun)
• A passage or way out: an emergency exit in a theater; took the second exit on the throughway. (noun)
• The departure of a performer from the stage. (noun)
• Death. (noun)
• To make one's exit; depart. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "And the term exit strategy is really not a good discussion."
• "For better or worse, the term "exit" is synonymous with one of two things in a business owner's mind: selling or dying."
• "Gates says he hates the term exit strategy but that's what this surge is - a plan to go in hard get out fast. by mtntexas December 2, 2009 7: 35 PM EST"