[ noun ] a final peremptory demand <noun.communication>
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.
"After receiving the ultimatum, there was no turning back from the imposition of martial law," says Col. Kuklinski.
"He has taken over the helm of a ship that has a rotten bottom, and he has been running around trying to patch up the holes with tar, but he has too many gushers." Brennan reportedly was given the ultimatum during a directors' meeting last Wednesday.
I don't see it as an ultimatum, but they definitely want us to stop the deportations," former Foreign Ministry director David Kimche told army radio.
Military spokesmen denied the ultimatum was a coup threat.
Mahdi finally gave in early this year when the army and professional and trade unions handed him an ultimatum.
On Wednesday, hundreds of students supported their teachers' defiance of the government's ultimatum to resume work.
But critical industry reactions Ukraine's ultimatum to Crimea to rescind its independence-seeking constitutional legislation passed yesterday.
Foreign Minister Budimir Loncar summoned Australian Charge d'Affaires Peter Shannon on Thursday and asked Australia to re-examine its ultimatum, the Yugoslav state news agency Tanjug said.
The statement followed Tuesday's Arab League ultimatum to Iran to accept a U.S. cease-fire call by Sept. 20 or face a break in ties with Arab nations.
The dissidents split from the colony last year after elders gave them an ultimatum: choose to follow colony rules or follow Wainscoat.
"The Syrian army has orders to shoot on sight any gunman on the streets in Beirut and the southern suburbs after the deadline," the ultimatum said.
"If there's only one short-fused bid on the table, shareholders don't have a choice," Hendrix said in a prepared statement, "they have an ultimatum.
Botha could accept the ultimatum, quit immediately, or try to fire de Klerk and other ministers, newspapers suggested.
They thought that Lord Owen had been consigned to the dustbin of history two months ago, at the time of the Nato ultimatum.
MAY 7 _ Noriega rejects U.S. ultimatum to resign and leave Panama and says he is considering Guatemalan offer to mediate end to crisis.
Defense Secretary Dick Cheney hopped atop a tank Saturday to tell desert-weary but eager Marines war likely would come soon after Jan. 15 if Saddam Hussein ignores an ultimatum to withdraw from Kuwait.
But the leader of at least one airline union said Wednesday that her group won't be rushed into anything by the ultimatum.
All six of Colombia's leftist guerrilla groups rejected the plan, calling it an ultimatum for surrender.
The workers ignored the ultimatum.
But a report prepared for the borough council in the late 1970s delivered an ultimatum: a substantial investment in new facilities was necessary or it would lose its share of the UK and international market.
Solidarity sources, speaking with the condition of anonymity, said the statement should not be considered an ultimatum and the round-table talks could begin even without official gestures.
Q. Any final ultimatum, directly or indirectly, to Noriega in the last few hours? A. Our ultimatum is as stated, that we are there to apprehend him and bring him back to America for prosecution.
Q. Any final ultimatum, directly or indirectly, to Noriega in the last few hours? A. Our ultimatum is as stated, that we are there to apprehend him and bring him back to America for prosecution.
"The world must know that the conversation sustained with the envoy of President Reagan broke down when he presented us with an ultimatum in which Panama had to immediately accept his last offer," Noriega said.
The resolutions, however, fell far short of an ultimatum to the manufacturers.
But in an interview with the Itar-Tass newsagency, Mr Dudayev denied he had received any ultimatum and Grozny was reported to be calm yesterday afternoon.
Diplomatic sources said Afghanistan may issue an ultimatum to Pakistan to restrain the guerrillas or face military action.
Oppenheimer did not dismiss Beck until six months later, after being given an ultimatum by McGrath, the Journal said.
Its rebuff by Chechen government forces was followed by a Yeltsin ultimatum to Gen Dudayev to surrender or face imposition of the state of emergency.
The opposition Labor Party, in rare accord with the Conservative government, welcomed the ultimatum, reflecting growing impatience with previous press promises to curb excesses.