(n.) A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The term is often rather indiscriminately applied to any large sailing vessel.
Example Sentences:
(1) Consequences That transaction, which produced a quick profit of $700,000 (£420,000), is said to have kicked off a pattern of insider trading that yielded $20m for Galleon over three years.
(2) "I have decided that it is now in the best interest of our investors and employees to conduct an orderly wind down of Galleon's funds while we explore various alternatives for our business," wrote Rajaratnam.
(3) Backed by a breezy 2km-long promenade, the calm water is perfect for swimming, while sunken galleons are a huge draw for scuba divers.
(4) In an impassioned speech to Galleon employees yesterday evening, Rajaratnam, who is out on $100m bail, insisted he was innocent.
(5) In common with most other hedge funds, Galleon's customers are only allowed to withdraw money at pre-set intervals and must give 45 days' notice if they want to exit.
(6) From Walter Raleigh robbing Spanish galleons through the Empire to the rise of the turbo-charged gambling banks, 400 years of history tells us that deep in the DNA of the British there is a propeller forcing us to forsake planning in favour of dodging and weaving to make our way in the world.
(7) The speed and scope of redemptions has left Galleon's traders hurrying to liquidate investments.
(8) There's also an ancient artisan who makes to-scale, seaworthy replicas of galleons and clippers using original shipbuilding techniques - he receives commissions from VIP clients, and did a ship for George Bush.
(9) He is accused of making at least $20m of profit at his US fund, Galleon Group, through illegal tips from inside sources about companies including IBM, Intel, Google and the Hilton hotel chain.
(10) Although the alleged proceeds from these tips were relatively small in the context of Galleon's multibillion-dollar operation, they have prompted suspicions about the forces behind the firm's stellar performance – Galleon's flagship Diversified fund has claimed an annual return of more than 23% to investors.
(11) Goel is accused of passing on tips about an investment by Intel in an internet service provider, Clearwire, allowing Galleon to trade shares at a quick $579,000 profit.
(12) First, there is the ill-feeling passed down from the Spanish colonisers, who saw the British first pillage their galleons and then gradually usurp their empire - this explains the still prevalent Argentine habit of calling the English piratas, as per the man who called into a Buenos Aires radio station to lament Beckham's injury because 'now those pirates will have an excuse when they lose'.
(13) Between the fishing boats and white yachts bobs the quaint tourist restaurant Le Marseillois, afloat on a piratical wooden galleon.
(14) A replica of a Spanish galleon bobs awkwardly in a man-made pond.
(15) Many of them are said to be updating their CVs with a view to finding new jobs and two of Galleon's leading brokers, Barclays and Bank of America, have told Galleon they will no longer work with the firm.
(16) Just days after Rajaratnam was arrested as he prepared to take a flight from New York to London on Friday, clients have told Manhattan-based Galleon they want to take out more than $1bn (£612m) of the firm's $3.7bn of assets under management.
(17) Staff at Galleon have spent the past few days preparing their CVs and contacting headhunters in the hope of securing employment elsewhere.
(18) At its peak in the early years of the decade, Galleon was one of the world's 10 largest hedge funds, at one point managing more than $7bn.
(19) When protesters stormed Yanukovych’s compound they found gold-plated golf clubs, a petting zoo and a replica of a Spanish galleon moored in a manmade lake.
(20) Rajaratnam established Galleon in 1996 after a successful career as an analyst at a US stockbroker, Needham & Co. His firm's funds have produced a remarkable annual return of 22% and have amassed some $6bn under management.
Galley
Definition:
(n.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not
(n.) A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century.
(n.) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars.
(n.) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
(n.) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
(n.) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
(n.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
(n.) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
(n.) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
Example Sentences:
(1) When Grant finished the manuscript in July 1885, it was rushed into galley proof.
(2) Don't just rely on Twitter or Facebook Ben Galley became a self-published author at 22 and is currently making a modest living selling his fantasy ebooks and offering "Shelf Help" , a consultancy for other aspiring authors (sessions via Skype, phone or face to face from £50 to £199).
(3) It gets even skinnier at the back, where the galley kitchen is a mere 62 inches, or 5ft 2 across, but despite its slender proportions, the 466sq ft property in Denmark Hill was put on the market for £450,000.
(4) Galley, who stood as a Tory candidate for Sunderland council in 2004, has not been charged, but he has been suspended from his Home Office job while the investigation carries on.
(5) The major art galley in central San Francisco that has shown Ferlinghetti's work for two decades is closing because it can't afford the new rent.
(6) Galley, who is now in hiding from journalists, was arrested on November 19.
(7) Profile: Christopher Galley Christopher Galley, 26, the junior Home Office civil servant at the centre of the Damian Green affair, stood as a Conservative council candidate in 2004 and unsuccessfully applied for a job with the party's immigration spokesman, it emerged.
(8) Spread may have been facilitated by the limited availability of toilet facilities for the galley crew.
(9) A junior Home Office official, Christopher Galley, was arrested on November 18 in relation to the same alleged offences as Green, and he was released on bail.
(10) Open daily 11.30am-10pm The Cuban Sandwich Factory Facebook Twitter Pinterest This Cuban-owned joint is alive with Latin music and rapid-fire Spanish instructions issuing from its small galley kitchen, and its food (mainly pressed, toasted Cuban sandwiches) is equally vibrant.
(11) Photograph: PR The forward galley’s catering facilities have wine glasses for an in-flight tipple while the bathroom includes a shower and a vacuum lavatory.
(12) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Gulfstream jet’s galley.
(13) The findings so far from Galley's ongoing research into gender biases in social work are far from simple.
(14) There's a welcome revival happening on the indie scene with literary platforms such as Brixton Bookjam , Black Book Swap and Words of Colour , as well as publishing houses And Other Stories, Galley Beggar Press, Jacaranda Books, and Unbound, whose author Paul Kingsnorth receives a Booker nod for The Wake .
(15) The premier, said Khodorkovsky, was helmsman of a galley which "sails right over people's destinies" and "over which, more and more, the citizens of Russia seem to see a black pirate flag flying".
(16) I always make sure I can see the Twitter screen on my laptop when I am writing,” self-publishing author Ben Galley declares, just one of an army of unpaid e-authors who rise at dawn to promote themselves on social media before their paid job.
(17) He said yesterday: "The two men I shared a cabin with already knew, the whole galley knew.
(18) Unlike many authors, Galley stays online even when he is writing.
(19) David Galley and Margarete Parrish will be discussing some of the implications for academics and social work practitioners during their presentation at the Joint Social Work and Social Education conference .
(20) From 17 or 18, to 20 I was also the cook on the boat, making meals on the stove in a little galley – lasagnes, roasts and spaghetti bolognese.