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Galliard
Definition:
(a.) Gay; brisk; active.
(n.) A brisk, gay man.
(a.) A gay, lively dance. Cf. Gailliarde.
Example Sentences:
(1) Its buildings, arranged around a sociable courtyard and a slice of towpath, also nourish a community of businesses that sustain between 250 and 300 jobs, all of which could go if the site’s new owner, Galliard Homes, has its way.
(2) He said: “I want [homes] marketed first and sold first to the people of this country, not to oligarchs from the Planet Zog.” When we showed the mayor’s office Galliard’s plans to sell to Hong Kongers first, a spokesman called the adverts “shameful”.
(3) The concordat is a voluntary agreement based on goodwill, and the mayor expects every company signed up to honour their pledge.” Galliard confirmed it is launching the development in Hong Kong this weekend and then in the UK next weekend.
(4) Because Galliard sold to these buyers first – many of whom are in the UK – it argues that Hong Kong was not given priority.
(5) In December 2013 Galliard, along with other major developers such as Barratt and Taylor Wimpey, signed a pledge that they would give UK purchasers an equal chance to buy, amid widespread concern about the number of developments pre-sold to investors abroad.
(6) Dinesh Kumar was queueing outside a Galliard development for the second time this year, after buying another property in Canary Wharf.
(7) Only this week at the Conservative party conference, Johnson – whose Uxbridge constituency is just minutes away from the Galliard development – demanded that new homes in the capital be sold first to Londoners.
(8) Priced from £180,000, Galliard Homes is building studio and one-bed apartments minutes from local shops and only a half-hour tube journey from central London.
(9) As the rain started pouring, Galliard staff brought out umbrellas to the waiting crowd and reminded them that they had to hand them back before they went home, before letting them shelter inside the complex.
(10) The tool used to collect the data was a precoded questionnaire developed by Jones & Galliard.
(11) We will discuss with Galliard the specifics of this particular development of which we understand the majority is available – and has been sold – exclusively in the UK.
(12) Guardian Money was alerted to Galliard’s decision to sell to Chinese investors ahead of the British by a recent emigrant to the city, who spotted its promotion.
(13) The developer, Galliard, is selling 228 flats, starting at £199,000 for a 28 sq metre (301 sq ft) “studio suite” up to £355,000 for a one-bedroom apartment, on a first-come, first-served basis.
(14) It emerges that Galliard has a database of private buyers who purchase multiple properties (in other words, major buy-to-let landlords) and who are given first opportunity to buy.
(15) For UK buyers, the doors remain closed until next weekend, when Galliard launches what is left of the development to the public here.
(16) Because they are being built under government rules allowing a change of use from offices to residential , Galliard has not had to provide any social housing on the site.
(17) But if you are British, you may find yourself at the back of the queue: Galliard is putting the flats on sale to investors in Hong Kong this weekend, one week before they go on sale in the UK – despite a written promise by the developer to give British buyers at least an equal chance.
(18) But this week, in material sent to potential buyers in Hong Kong, Galliard told investors they could snap up apartments “releasing one week ahead of UK” in what it dubbed a “world exclusive”.
(19) I got one this morning and it clearly shows that one of the companies – Galliard Homes – who signed the pledge is still selling overseas ahead of buyers in the UK.” Darren Johnson, a Green Party member of the GLA who campaigns on housing issues, said: “The wider issue is that developers in the London market are simply not meeting the housing needs of ordinary Londoners.
(20) Four months later Galliard – the second biggest housebuilder in London – stood shoulder-to-shoulder with mayor Boris Johnson (right), with a separate undertaking.