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ultimatum


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ultimatum  \Ul`ti*ma"tum\,  n.;  pl  E.  {Ultimatums},  L. 
  {Ultimata}.  [NL.  See  {Ultimate}.] 
  A  final  proposition,  concession,  or  condition;  especially, 
  the  final  propositions,  conditions,  or  terms,  offered  by 
  either  of  the  parties  in  a  diplomatic  negotiation;  the  most 
  favorable  terms  a  negotiator  can  offer,  the  rejection  of 
  which  usually  puts  an  end  to  the  hesitation. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ultimatum 
  n  :  a  final  peremptory  demand 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  ULTIMATUM,  n.  In  diplomacy,  a  last  demand  before  resorting  to 
  concessions. 
  Having  received  an  ultimatum  from  Austria,  the  Turkish  Ministry 
  met  to  consider  it 
  "O  servant  of  the  Prophet,"  said  the  Sheik  of  the  Imperial  Chibouk 
  to  the  Mamoosh  of  the  Invincible  Army,  "how  many  unconquerable 
  soldiers  have  we  in  arms?" 
  "Upholder  of  the  Faith,"  that  dignitary  replied  after  examining 
  his  memoranda,  "they  are  in  numbers  as  the  leaves  of  the  forest!" 
  "And  how  many  impenetrable  battleships  strike  terror  to  the  hearts 
  of  all  Christian  swine?"  he  asked  the  Imaum  of  the  Ever  Victorious 
  Navy. 
  "Uncle  of  the  Full  Moon,"  was  the  reply,  "deign  to  know  that  they 
  are  as  the  waves  of  the  ocean,  the  sands  of  the  desert  and  the  stars 
  of  Heaven!" 
  For  eight  hours  the  broad  brow  of  the  Sheik  of  the  Imperial 
  Chibouk  was  corrugated  with  evidences  of  deep  thought:  he  was 
  calculating  the  chances  of  war.  Then,  "Sons  of  angels,"  he  said  "the 
  die  is  cast!  I  shall  suggest  to  the  Ulema  of  the  Imperial  Ear  that  he 
  advise  inaction.  In  the  name  of  Allah,  the  council  is  adjourned." 
 
 




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