(n.) One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer.
(n.) One skilled in financial operations; one acquainted with money matters.
(v. i.) To conduct financial operations.
Example Sentences:
(1) It would be fascinating to see if greater local government involvement in running the NHS in places such as Manchester leads over the longer term to a noticeable difference in the financial outlook.
(2) Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who is also seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, recently proposed a bill that would ease the financial burden of prescription drugs on elderly Americans by allowing Medicare, the national social health insurance program, to negotiate with the pharmaceutical companies to keep prices down.
(3) Businesses fleeing Brexit will head to New York not EU, warns LSE chief Read more Amid attempts by Frankfurt, Paris and Dublin to catch possible fallout from London, Sir Jon Cunliffe said it was highly unlikely that any EU centre could replicate the services offered by the UK’s financial services industry.
(4) A failure to reach a solution would potentially leave 200,000 homes without affordable cover, leaving owners unable to sell their properties and potentially exposing them to financial hardship.
(5) The Department for International Development (DfID) defines funding provided under the VUP as "financial aid to government".
(6) Finally, before the advent of the third-party payment, operations were avoided because of the financial burden.
(7) The findings provide additional evidence that, for at least some cases, the likelihood of a physician's admitting a patient to the hospital is influenced by the patient's living arrangements, travel time to the physician's office, and the extent to which medical care would cause a financial hardship for the patient.
(8) It added that the crisis had highlighted significant weaknesses in financial regulation, with further measures needed to strengthen supervision.
(9) Private landowners are able to use property guardians to minimise their tax bills and, although it is hard to estimate, the potential financial loss to councils is substantial.
(10) "The level of the financial penalty to be imposed in this case should be sufficient to act as an effective incentive [to all broadcast licence holders] to continue to provide all elements of their respective licensed services throughout the licensed period, even if the licensee believes that there are commercial reasons for it to cease providing all or part of the licensed service during the licence period," the regulator added.
(11) However, Pearson is understood to have believed an offer from News Corporation to buy Penguin outright would not have been financially viable.
(12) According to the report filed by the New York state department of financial services (NYSDFS), when warned by a US colleague about dealings with Iran, a Standard Chartered executive caustically replied: "You f---ing Americans.
(13) The legs of that argument were cut off by the financial crisis.
(14) Given the financial crisis this government inherited, we had no choice but to make significant savings.
(15) Uncertainty and risk concerns remain in financial markets.
(16) It is the combination of his company's pan-African and industrialist vision – reminiscent of the aspirations of African independence pioneers like Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah – and its relentless financial growth that has set Dangote apart.
(17) Yet private student loans – given out by banks and financial institutions to the students who can’t get a federal loan – don’t get as much attention as the federal system.
(18) BAE is likely to have made provision for much heavier penalties and its financial stability will not be threatened.
(19) Only 23% provided any financial support to younger generations.
(20) When you have champions of financial rectitude such as the International Monetary Fund and OECD warning of the international risk of an "explosion of social unrest" and arguing for a new fiscal stimulus if growth continues to falter, it's hardly surprising that tensions in the cabinet over next month's spending review are spilling over.
Ragout
Definition:
(n.) A dish made of pieces of meat, stewed, and highly seasoned; as, a ragout of mutton.
Example Sentences:
(1) A classic ragout is made with meat that has been minced but I also like it cut into very small dice, giving the sauce more body.
(2) To serve, boil 300g of tagliatelle or pappardelle, drain and toss with the ragout.
(3) NSA ragout 4 Photograph: Guardian Optic Nerve, the documents provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden show, began as a prototype in 2008 and was still active in 2012, according to an internal GCHQ wiki page accessed that year.
(4) Global Times - Ragout Photograph: Global Times The official spokesman for the prime minister, David Cameron, sought to shrug off the significance of the article, telling a Westminster media briefing: "I read in the Times of London Premier Li's article when he said this was a great nation.
(5) So large cuttlefish and octopus are happiest when slow-roasted or stewed – and if that involves red wine and hard herbs, the result is tender, robust and meaty all at once: a knockout ragout with a fishy twist.
(6) NSA ragout 3 Photograph: Guardian Programs like Optic Nerve, which collect information in bulk from largely anonymous user IDs, are unable to filter out information from UK or US citizens.
(7) Citrus veal ragout This is warming, comforting winter food, but the lime, grapefruit and orange make it brighter and fresher than your average stew.
(8) Tell us via GuardianWitness Your stories of shopping for local and convenience produce and what's in your last meal Beef Ragout & Mashed Potato I've just eaten my dinner.
(9) NSA ragout 2 Photograph: Guardian Once collected, the metadata associated with the videos can be as valuable to the intelligence agencies as the images themselves.
(10) And a richly flavoured ragout is often more interesting made with cubes of meat rather than the more usual mince.
(11) NSA ragout 1 Photograph: Guardian GCHQ did not make any specific attempts to prevent the collection or storage of explicit images, the documents suggest, but did eventually compromise by excluding images in which software had not detected any faces from search results – a bid to prevent many of the lewd shots being seen by analysts.
(12) Photograph: Jonathan Lovekin for Observer Food Monthly Skirt, a long, flat piece of meat from the belly of the animal, is good for braising or for ragout.