(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.
Timber
Definition:
(n.) A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also timmer.
(n.) The crest on a coat of arms.
(v. t.) To surmount as a timber does.
(n.) That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3.
(n.) The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.
(n.) Fig.: Material for any structure.
(n.) A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding.
(n.) Woods or forest; wooden land.
(n.) A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united.
(v. t.) To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.
(v. i.) To light on a tree.
(v. i.) To make a nest.
Example Sentences:
(1) A grassed roof, solar panels to provide hot water, a small lake to catch rainwater which is then recycled, timber cladding for insulation ... even the pitch and floodlights are "deliberately positioned below the level of the surrounding terrain in order to reduce noise and light pollution for the neighbouring population".
(2) Navalny, represented by two defence lawyers, will argue that he did not lead a criminal group to embezzle 16m roubles (£333,000) from Kirovles, a state-run timber firm, while advising the region's liberal governor, Nikita Belykh.
(3) As the houses are lightweight and timber-framed, they don’t need foundations.
(4) RSL trying to get their own flowing passing game going now, but the Timbers looking tenacious in midfield to break it up.
(5) Kitchens will be installed, along with new carpets or timber floors.
(6) Sophie Jackson, of Museum of London Archaeology , said: "The waterlogged conditions left by the Walbrook stream have given us layer upon layer of Roman timber buildings, fences and yards, all beautifully preserved and containing amazing personal items, clothes and even documents – all of which will transform our understanding of the people of Roman London."
(7) An undulating lightweight roof is supported by 211 narrow steel columns, sheltering a glass box holding the cafe and shop, and a chestnut timber-covered box holding the displays.
(8) Along the way he also reached the final of the US Open Cup, and in the MLS Cup dispatched the holders LA Galaxy in the conference semi-finals, before beating Porter’s Timbers in both the home and road legs of the Western final (his team had beaten Portland in the US Open Cup semis too).
(9) While BoKlok houses have a limited choice of colour and cladding types, Persimmon's Space4 arm has come up with more than 1,000 different CAD-designed timber-frame house types.
(10) This station, with its quarter-mile, 300kph trains, a huge cocktail bar, a branch of Foyles stocked with 20,000 titles, a smart Searcy's restaurant and brasserie, independent coffee bars, floors covered in timber and stone rather than sticky British airport-style carpet, new gothic carvings, newly cast gothic door handles, and a nine-metre-high sculpture of lovers meeting under the station clock?
(11) Big names and timber were bracketed under Margaret Thatcher's government in the late 1980s, when private investment was encouraged to promote planting.
(12) Timber revenues funded Charles Taylor’s regime during Liberia’s brutal civil war.
(13) It's up to us to take advantage of it when soccer has inspired our country.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Seattle Sounders' Clint Dempsey leaps in the air after scoring against the Portland Timbers.
(14) Here's what happened the last time these two sides played here in mid-October: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 3.27am GMT Preamble Hello, and welcome to the Western Conference semi-final second leg between Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders , in which Portland try to defend a slim lead and Seattle continue their annual quest to make a second leg playoff comeback actually count.
(15) Colbeck told the Australian the protected listing was a “sham” because it locked up areas of plantation timber, as well as pristine old-growth forest.
(16) These factors are often interlinked – trees are cut down for timber and the cleared land can be used for grazing cattle.
(17) He is the Princess Di of the political world …" Or of Margaret Thatcher 's trusty bulldog Bernard Ingham: "Brick-red of face, beetling of brow, seemingly built to withstand hurricanes, Sir Bernard resembled a half-timbered bomb shelter."
(18) At the present time, this timber constitutes the most frequently commercially exported African wood.
(19) It's mainly down to the pink phenolic foam insulation that is injected into the timber-house frame and combined with a thin membrane, while wood is a good natural insulator in itself.
(20) In the past, he explains, 'encroachers' failed to respect the park's boundaries, sneaking into the forest to gather firewood and fell trees for timber.