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:
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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.