(v. t.) That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including, whatever is done, good or bad, great or small.
(v. t.) Illustrious act; achievement; exploit.
(v. t.) Power of action; agency; efficiency.
(v. t.) Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed.
(v. t.) A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some transfer, bargain, or contract.
(v. t.) Performance; -- followed by of.
(v. t.) To convey or transfer by deed; as, he deeded all his estate to his eldest son.
Example Sentences:
(1) Although it never really has a sense of fun and burns with ill-focused anger, The Paperboy represents a kind of triumph, surely, even if it's just in getting such high-profile actors to do such low-down deeds.
(2) Philip and Roger Taylor-Brown, who have been together for three years and have already changed their names by deed poll, registered in Manchester yesterday for a ceremony on December 21.
(3) Every day laws are changed, or new laws are voted in, to legitimise illegal deeds.
(4) The paper, which traditionally supports the Tory party and was edited by the former Conservative cabinet minister Bill Deedes during seven years of Thatcher's reign, feared an avalanche of "bile" would "spew" from its pages and decided to keep comments closed, according to insiders.
(5) 'We need deeds, not words': bombs fall on Aleppo as MPs debate Syria Read more He also chided the UK foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, for calling for demonstrations outside the Russian embassy in London , saying it was necessary to be mindful of the welfare of diplomatic staff in Britain’s Moscow embassy.
(6) Rhodes was probably one of the worst colonisers both in word and deed.
(7) Anti-radicalisation is the whole community’s responsibility to deal with, not just the Muslim community.” Other critics point to provisions in the funding deed for the directory that allow the department to disclose confidential information about participants “to the responsible minister or prime minister”, or to a parliamentary committee.
(8) The Labour party is becoming a movement of words not deeds.
(9) I act with deeds and words, because the government seems determined to resurrect the old Victorian approach to disabled people.
(10) "The true test is not Rouhani's words, but rather the deeds of the Iranian regime, which continues to aggressively advance its nuclear programme while Rouhani is giving interviews," said the response, issued on Thursday after an interview the Iranian president granted to the American network NBC.
(11) Marcos would hold the deed and leave the space blank.
(12) Theoretically, a morality of aspiration involves assigning more credit for a good deed than blame for a corresponding bad deed; a morality of duty involves assigning more blame than credit.
(13) That’s not only because they hold so many title deeds, but also because modern governments are given to wringing their hands and declaring their own impotence in the face of multinationals.
(14) The FBI are sceptical that Pyongyang was responsible, and the government there denies that it had any involvement, even if it describes the hack as “a righteous deed”.
(15) Scalise even got castigated for such idiocy by no less than Erick Erickson , whose words and deeds usually sound like he’s auditioning for a role in a WWII movie as the piggy Bavarian Gauleiter pinching at dirndls in between faking a WWI injury to keep from getting sent to the front.
(16) As the number of dirty affairs, corruption, unlawful arms trades and extrajudicial killings go up, the journalists who write or that have the potential to write about these deeds become targets.
(17) Cake is for leaving parties, not the actual deed itself.
(18) Trolls are not often in a rush to discuss their behaviour with a stranger who might spill their darkest deeds to the world.
(19) Nevertheless, attention will now inevitably shift the focus towards next week's ECB rate meeting to see if Mr Draghi’s deeds match his rhetoric, or whether he is simply trying to buy more time for when the ESM becomes available.
(20) That means "no longer romanticising terrorists as Robin Hoods and no longer idealising their deeds as rough poetic justice".
Escrow
Definition:
(n.) A deed, bond, or other written engagement, delivered to a third person, to be held by him till some act is done or some condition is performed, and then to be by him delivered to the grantee.
Example Sentences:
(1) Changes in ESCROW scores showed patients to have a greater need for social supports as they moved from admission to discharge.
(2) And, just like eBay, there were star ratings for sellers, detailed feedback, customer service assurances, an escrow system and a busy forum in which users posted helpful tips.
(3) The CAT has brokered a deal under which Virgin Media , BT and Top-Up TV can all take advantage of the reduced wholesale price for the two Sky Sports channels, but they must place the difference between the new regulated price and Sky's original wholesale price in a so-called "escrow" account.
(4) Stijn Hoorens, project leader for the team behind the report, said: “It could be explained by some of the challenges that these markets have faced over the years with ‘exit scams’, [which is] administrators who take their sites offline, saying for maintenance or something … in some cases they have just left with all bitcoins that were held in escrow.
(5) BP has been forced by Washington to set aside $20bn into an "escrow account" that can be used to pay out the billions of dollars worth of claims expected to emanate from those who have suffered financial hardship as a result of the spill.
(6) • At the conclusion of the appeal, the CAT will determine the distribution of the monies held in escrow.
(7) The interim deal approved by the CAT last week will allow Virgin Media, BT and Top Up TV to take advantage of the reduced wholesale price for the two Sky Sports channels, but they must place the difference between the new regulated price and Sky's original wholesale price in a so-called "escrow" account.
(8) He called an escrow account established for victims of the Gulf of Mexico BP oil spill a “ Chicago-style political shakedown ”.
(9) A spokesman for BT said that despite the escrow arrangement, which means it cannot be certain of reaping the benefits of Ofcom's ruling if Sky wins its challenge, it would forge ahead without "radically revising" pricing plans.
(10) The Barthel index, PULSES profile, and ESCROW profile were used to measure functional status, social support, and rehabilitation progress.
(11) They get round this in different ways, sometimes paying bigger salaries, sometimes giving a person two jobs, where one is paid as a salary, and the other one held in escrow until the end of the year … a little bit like a bonus.
(12) That includes clean-up operations, co-ordinating with the US government and local officials, and managing the $20bn (£13.4bn) escrow account.
(13) The CAT has brokered a deal under which Virgin Media, BT and Top Up TV can all take advantage of the reduced wholesale price for the two Sky Sports channels, but they must place the difference between the new regulated price and Sky's original wholesale price in a so-called "escrow" account.
(14) The agency is attempting to access 600,000 Bitcoins, worth around $80m (£49.7m), accumulated by Ross Ulbricht, the alleged creator of Silk Road, but has already seized 26,000 ( $3.2m ) that the site had held in escrow for its customers.
(15) The company said in court documents filed in Minnesota that the funds for reimbursements will be kept in an interest-bearing escrow account.
(16) Beam holds its customers’ money in escrow at a bank and its CEO, Anand Shrivastav, admits the company has had to spend considerable amounts of time, building public trust, making sure customers felt their money was secure in a Beam account.
(17) The European citizens should know, however, that loans to Greece are paid into an "escrow" account and are used exclusively to repay past loans and to re-capitalise near bankrupt private banks.
(18) The CAT has ruled that any other broadcaster who wishes to offer Sky's channels at the new Ofcom rate will be able to ask the court directly to join the escrow regime.