0 a statement that you will do something that will affect someone badly if they do not do what you want -- ультиматум
The managing director went down to the depot and presented them with an ultimatum.
Ultimatums are not the language of industrial relations.
This claim (a similar argument is made with respect to a propensity to reject positive offers in ultimatum games) appears paradoxical but is better described as incoherent.
Herbert announced this policy, which was both firm in the ultimatum and amorphous, as the consequences were left unspecified.
Herbert's staff committee's ultimatum provoked neither confessions nor culprits.
There is always a willingness to allow for mis-steps and ultimatums are avoided.
Like strategic ultimatum bargaining behavior, economic experiments have shown that each type of behavior is much more complex than theory predicts.
The ultimatum game is an experiment in which one person offers to split some resources with another person.
