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means Coming last, or the end point meant to settle a matter — the last round, the last word, the last version.

from From Latin finalis, from finis meaning 'end, boundary, limit.' That same finis gave English 'finish' and 'finance' (originally the settling of a debt — ending a matter by payment). The French kept finis literally stamped at the close of books and films, a little flag planted at the border of 'no more story here' — a border that, as the essence notes, sequels keep redrawing.