ultimatum

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Sources close to De Beers claim the ultimatum was a bluff by senior executives in London, in order to halve the $100 million payment which De Beers must pay LUKoil if the agreement is finalized with the Kremlin.

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  1. noun A final statement of terms made by one party to another.
  2. noun A statement, especially in diplomatic negotiations, that expresses or implies the threat of serious penalties if the terms are not accepted.

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  • His Golden-footed Majesty presently repented him of his arbitrary “cantankerousness,” and in due time my ultimatum was accepted VII. —  THE ENGLISH GOVERNESS AT THE SIAMESE COURT
  • The crew dealt only with Heparia—which fact they did not learn immediately, because the ultimatum was answered by an artificial satellite so small and so well disguised as a fragment of rock that DEUS did not identify it until it spoke. —  FIASCO - Stanislaw Lem
  • That came after newly-installed Arima Race Club (ARC) chief executive officer Ken Ogeer and ARC president Kama Maharaj relented to the jockeys 'ultimatum, after consulting with the sponsors and a legal official. —  TrinidadExpress Today's News
  • Sources close to De Beers claim the ultimatum was a bluff by senior executives in London, in order to halve the $100 million payment which De Beers must pay LUKoil if the agreement is finalized with the Kremlin. —  Asia Times Online
  • That's not an ultimatum -- that's a nod and a wink. —  WSJ.com: What's News US
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  1. New Latin, from neuter of Latin ultimātus, last; see ultimate.

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  1. = French ultimatum. from New Latin ultimatum, a final statement, neuter of Middle Latin ultimatus, final, ultimate: see ultimate, a.
 

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