sequester
pronunciation
How to pronounce sequester in British English:
UK [sɪˈkwestə(r)]
How to pronounce sequester in American English:
US [sɪˈkwɛstɚ]
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- Verb:
- requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
- take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
- undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion
- keep away from others
- set apart from others
Word Origin
- sequester (v.)
- late 14c., "remove" something, "quarantine, isolate" (someone); "excommunicate;" also intransitive, "separate oneself from," from Old French sequestrer (14c.), from Late Latin sequestrare "to place in safekeeping," from Latin sequester "trustee, mediator," noun use of an adjective meaning "intermediate," which probably is related to sequi "to follow" (see sequel). Meaning "seize by authority, confiscate" is first attested 1510s. Alternative sequestrate (v.) is early 15c., from Latin sequestratus. Related: Sequestered; sequestering.
Example
- 1. At the end of this year george w. bush 's tax cuts expire , and an automatic " sequester " that slashes spending takes effect .
- 2. But even if all mr bush 's tax cuts are extended and the sequester is delayed , there is still fiscal tightening equivalent to 1.5 % of gdp in the pipeline .
- 3. The sequester " will not happen " , mr obama said in the debate , though that decision is not in his gift : the sequester is an automatic sanctionjointly agreed by democrats and republicans in a giant game of fiscal chicken .
- 4. On the fine detail of defence spending mr obama was rather shifty , however , denying any white house involvement in a threatened " sequester " that would impose drastic , automatic cuts on defence and other domestic spending if a deal cannot be agreed with congress on future tax and spending .