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Satisfactory \Sat`is*fac"to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. satisfactoire.] 1. Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence; sufficient; as, a satisfactory account or explanation.
2. Making amends, indemnification, or recompense; causing to cease from claims and to rest content; compensating; atoning; as, to make satisfactory compensation, or a satisfactory apology.
A most wise and sufficient means of redemption and salvation, by the satisfactory and meritorious death and obedience of the incarnate Son of God, Jesus Christ. --Bp. Sanderson. ※ -- {Sat`is*fac"to*ri*ly}, adv. -- {Sat`is*fac"to*ri*ness}, n.
"It is my fervent hope that we will be able to reach an agreement that will be satisfactory to all concerned," Mitchell said.
That project was eventually replaced by the tri-national Tornado, but no such satisfactory outcome can be expected to follow EFA's cancellation.
Conversely, a critical press can sometimes alert a company to an area of weak performance. But not everyone believes that media evaluation techniques are a satisfactory measure of PR's effectiveness.
He said:"It was a good half and this is a good year," predicting that activity in terms of volume and profit was expected to remain "satisfactory" in the second half.
She was hospitalized in satisfactory condition Wednesday after an illness delayed attempts to return her to Ireland.
It is a very satisfactory development.' The change is possible because although syndicates must make a full provision against potential claims, payment is sometimes not made for many years.
"The relationship between the fed funds rate and the discount rate has varied quite considerably over the years," he said, adding that the Reserve Board feels "to date, the current relationships are satisfactory."
In 1988's first four months, Karstadt said sales, excluding its travel business, grew about 4%, making it likely that full-year results will be satisfactory.
But the transaction depends on the outcome of a final round of negotiations and "upon the ability of each side to reach a satisfactory agreement on price and conditions," according to a statement by Mr. Jeffries.
The woman's 4-year-old daughter was in satisfactory condition, the statement added.
Glenn Smith, First Officer Robert Fell and flight attendant Sonya Nelson were listed in satisfactory condition at the Anchorage hospital with minor injuries.
The economy is growing at a "satisfactory" pace, said Paul W. Boltz, vice president and financial economist at T. Rowe Price Associates Inc., a Baltimore-based investment management concern.
Deleting the questionable expenditures from the budget pending satisfactory test results would save up to $20 billion, Dingell said.
This is satisfactory to the US and the leading western oil-consuming countries. Barring the unpredictable, security of supply and stability of prices will remain the goals for the 1990s.
"We believe that right now, we have the votes for a satisfactory capital gains proposal in the Ways and Means Committee.
It said it intended to complete further disposals 'at satisfactory prices' to cut its debt 'as soon as possible'.
Quigley, who complained of chest pains, was in satisfactory condition Monday at Riddle Memorial Hosptial in Lima, Pa.
Art Fletcher, President Bush's choice to head the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, remained in satisfactory condition after suffering chest pains.
Only four sectors - steel plant, textile, packaging and woodworking machinery - were working at satisfactory rates of 85 per cent or more.
The anti-loitering law prohibits people from sleeping in transportation facilities or staying there without giving authorities a "satisfactory explanation" of what they're doing.
But a spokesman for Newfoundland & Labrador Hydro-Electric Corp. said Hydro-Quebec's offer "isn't satisfactory" to Newfoundland, so that province will continue to oppose the New England transaction.
Two 7-year-old Siamese twins were in satisfactory condition today after their separation in a 14-hour operation a day earlier in Vietnam, a Japanese Red Cross official said.
It said profit margins from petrochemical operations were "satisfactory."
"We're making money," he said, "but not at a satisfactory rate." The staff cuts will save $25 million during the second half of 1990, Continental said, and about $75 million a year in future years.
Jennifer Woodkey, a spokeswoman for St. Elizabeth Medical Center, said Fletcher remained in satisfactory condition and was resting.
"We're prepared to meet on a schedule that's mutually satisfactory," said Bethlehem spokesman Henry Von Spreckelsen.
The survey found manufacturing performance generally satisfactory or improving in the South and West, but weakening in New England and much of the Midwest.
The companies said the transaction is subject to cash settlements with Gearhart's lenders; shareholder and regulatory approvals; and satisfactory new financing.
Neely called the settlement satisfactory and said it involved no disciplinary action against any TWA workers involved.
'Now the peasants can get food and clothes but the situation is still not so satisfactory,' the governor says. Township and village enterprises employ 30m people, a quarter of the province's population, but Mr Xiao's aim is to double the figure.