See Also: INSET(dictionary)
inset(1)(dictionary)
inset(2)(dictionary)
INSET(dictionary)
inset 1, noun(dictionary)
inset 2, verb(dictionary)
Inset Hosel - Golf(gambling)

ULTIMATUM (law) and inset(1) (iou)


ULTIMATUM (law)


ULTIMATUM. The last proposition made in making a contract, a treaty, and the like; as, the government of the United States has given its ultimatum, has like; as, the government of the United States has given its ultimatum, has made the last proposition it will make to complete the proposed treaty. The made the last proposition it will make to complete the proposed treaty. The word also means the result of a negotiation, and it comprises the final word also means the result of a negotiation, and it comprises the final determination of the parties concerned in the object in dispute. determination of the parties concerned in the object in dispute.

inset(1) (iou)



inset noun. M16.
[from IN-1 + SET noun1.]
Orig., a place where water flows in, a channel. Later, an inflow of water. M16.
C. Lyell There are tidal influences combined with the General insets from the Atlantic.
Something set in or inserted; esp. an extra page or pages inserted in a book etc.; a small map, photograph, etc., inserted within the border of a larger one; a piece of cloth etc. let into a garment. L16.
J. S. Foster Simple plan shapes with the minimum of insets and projections. I. McEwan A boxed inset at the foot of the page.