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Sierra (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Sierra Club(encyclopedia)
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Sierra Madre(encyclopedia)
Sierra Nevada(encyclopedia)
Sierra Club, the(dictionary)

ULTIMATUM (law) and sierra (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.

sierra (iou)



sierra noun. Pl. -s, (in sense 3, also) same. M16.
[Spanish, from Latin serra saw. Cf. SERRA noun2.]
A long mountain range rising in jagged peaks, esp. in Spain and Latin America. M16.
Astronomy. = CHROMOSPHERE. Now rare or obsolete. M19.
= CERO. L19.
sierran adjective of or pertaining to a sierra or sierras L19.