Ultimatum

Definition of ultimatum:

part of speech: noun

Final proposition or terms.

part of speech: noun

The last or final proposition or terms for a treaty:- pl. ULTIMATA.

part of speech: noun

The statement of a final proposition; a last offer of terms of agreement.

Usage examples for ultimatum:

• My financial agent wires me that the Press will announce to- morrow that Austria has presented an ultimatum to Servia demanding an answer within forty- eight hours. "The Major", Ralph Connor.

• He would then proceed to Paris to present the Czar's ultimatum "William Pitt and the Great War", John Holland Rose.

• No one is to know who I am; and what I've said is my ultimatum sir. "The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3", Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.

• It was on that same day that President McKinley presented the ultimatum of the United States to Spain, in language diplomatic in form, but carrying with it a definite notice to yield Cuba's freedom and relinquish her pretense of authority in that island without delay. "Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom", Trumbull White.