what is the word for the "thank you" section of a document called?

So in a typical letter document that may span multiple pages

At the end of the content, there is paragraph for "thank you" or "signing off"

This paragraph/section only appear once, at the end of the content

however it is NOT a "footer" that appears on every page (as in MS Word treats footer to appear on every page)

i have been resorting to calling it "pre-footer" but wonder if there is a proper term for it

i am just trying to create a letter template, and there is a section for signing-off/thank you which i am trying to appropriately name the section

Solution 1:

I don't know how common it is, but (at least) according to the balance careers, the word you're looking for is closing:

Their Sample Letter Format consists of these sections:

• Contact Information (Sender)
• Date
• Contact Information (Recipient)
• Greeting
• Body of Letter
• Closing
• Signature

The article Formal Letter Closing Examples also uses the term Complimentary Close.

Solution 2:

I think from the question you may mean the sign off... Yours sincerely etc...

In which case, most would just say the sign off or the end but I think its technically the valediction

Wikipedia

Solution 3:

In any book it is called ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acknowledgment/:

acknowledgment

: recognition or favorable notice of an act or achievement

// received  acknowledgment for his charitable works

: a thing done or given in recognition of something received

// an author's acknowledgments of assistance

Here's an example from Reverso.context.net:

''This part of the profile includes a foreword by the ECE Executive Secretary, a preface, acknowledgements, and an executive summary.''