Reasonable \Rea"son*a*ble\ (r[=e]"z'n*[.a]*b'l), a. [OE. resonable, F. raisonnable, fr. L. rationabilis. See {Reason}, n.] 1. Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being.
2. Governed by reason; being under the influence of reason; thinking, speaking or acting rationally, or according to the dictates of reason; agreeable to reason; just; rational; as, the measure must satisfy all reasonable men.
By indubitable certainty, I mean that which doth not admit of any reasonable cause of doubting. --Bp. Wilkins.
Men have no right to what is not reasonable. --Burke.
3. Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper; as, a reasonable demand, amount, price.
Let . . . all things be thought upon That may, with reasonable swiftness, add More feathers to our wings. --Shak.
The two funds were purported to have $155 million in assets under management, but Ms. Richards said there was "no reasonable basis" for that valuation.
On the other side, Arturo Hernandez Grisanti, the oil minister of Venezuela, who had aggressively sought production cuts, called the agreement a reasonable outcome.
He added, "Although budget constraints and the desire for stability in the tax laws will preclude a wholesale rewrite of the new law, it is my hope that some fair and reasonable changes can be made."
Third, to insist that these standards be fair and reasonable.
"I certainly think it is imperative that he start early because he is not really well known in Texas," said Texas Democratic Party Chairman Bob Slagle. "He has a reasonable chance in Texas.
First, our approach is reasonable deadlines for those who must comply.
Spain has other demands that are more reasonable, such as an increase in its own voting weight to equal that of the other big countries, and a right for Spanish fishermen to fish in Norwegian waters when Norway joins.
"A reasonable juror could have interpreted the instruction to allow a finding of guilt based on a degree of proof below that required by the (Constitution's) due process clause," the justices said.
It is reasonable for society to expect the former and unreasonable for it to expect the latter."
The 33 million Medicare beneficiaries currently pay a monthly premium of $28.60 for Part B coverage, which pays for 80% of "reasonable charges" for doctors' services after the first $75.
Although Franklin met its net worth requirement as of Dec. 31, regulators ordered it to book further losses that would deplete all of its tangible capital and saw no reasonable prospect that it could raise the capital, Fulwider said.
"He is a very reasonable man, and I think he will be a good negotiator," a British banker said.
While the McCain tactic sounds reasonable, establishment of interest sections would in fact send Vietnam the wrong signal and could slow progress on precisely the issues Sen. McCain, quite correctly, deems important.
The sense of crisis at VW may be his greatest ally. Unlike many of its rivals, VW's balance sheet is in reasonable shape.
Judge Bork, I thought, gave a quite reasonable answer.
Macy believes "this arrangement is reasonable and necessary."
Events, he said, "have created a reasonable doubt of Judge Pollack's impartiality in supervising these cases."
Timothy Lucas, the FASB's research director, said there are "lots of ways to make a reasonable estimate of these instruments."
"It's absolutely absurd and doubly shameful that it took five and a half months and involved thousands of innocent people to come up with a solution that reasonable men should have come up with sooner," Lee Rich said.
Given that local tribal, religious and political antagonisms are blamed everywhere else in the world it seems reasonable to expect similar causes in Africa.
"There is no reasonable likelihood that further investigative effort would have developed evidence to support a criminal prosecution," U.S. Attorney Joseph Russoniello said Monday.
A federal court Thursday barred the Agriculture Department from randomly testing 755 employees for illegal drug use without a "reasonable, articulable" suspicion of an individual's on-the-job impairment.
In 1986 the Bar and the Law Society sought a judicial review of a refusal by Lord Hailsham, then lord chancellor, to award legal aid lawyers a 'fair and reasonable' pay rise.
Analysts believe that the Dublin-based fruit and vegetable wholesaling group has had a reasonable year, despite the recession in the UK market.
'Industrial relations are good and the trade unions are reasonable.
The problem is getting access to the money at a reasonable interest rate without giving up too much company equity.
"It would be reasonable for the Iraqis to understand this approach by the international community and to collaborate," said the pope, who noted there are no plans or proposals for the Vatican to act as a mediator in the crisis.
It is like a tree whose trunk is the River Plate and whose roots are in the Atlantic Ocean. 'That's why Mercosur makes sense and why the accession of Bolivia is reasonable.
The court found the federal agency's standards conclusions reasonable, based on the available data.
But now, at least, scientists can make a reasonable guess about what chemicals to look at." One of the problems in the past, he said, is that there was not enough communication between the disciplines in the scientific community.