Sentence examples for initial purse from inspiring English sources

It relied on private philanthropy to stake the initial purse of $25,000 (a cost that was ultimately borne by its first sponsor, the Washington Star newspaper) and, years later, to construct the $10 million William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, named for the benefactor who staked the first $1 million.

The nearly $5 million initial purse is, of course, peanuts compared to the total resources of these foundations, which collectively manage assets of about $470 billion.

For marine tagged fish, any potential selectivity from our initial purse seine capture techniques would be minimized by pairing fish based on similar characteristics (i.e. date and time of capture, total length, stock and time from capture to river entry).

Initial purses are a fashion accessory with a personal touch, and they make wonderful gifts.

But $600 for the right initials on a canvas purse?

In several borders the objects (and creatures) seem to be rendered at actual size, notably the red-beaded rosary framing the Adoration; it belonged to Catherine, judging by the initials on its tiny purse.

If you were to replace the word Amazon in the original Barron's article with Groupon, the high-flying online coupon company in the midst of pursing an initial public offering, the story would be almost exactly the same — except we do not know yet if Groupon has such a happy ending, Andrew Ross Sorkin writes in his DealBook column.

If you were to replace the word Amazon in the original Barron's article with Groupon, the high-flying online coupon company in the midst of pursing an initial public offering, the story would be almost exactly the same - except we don't know yet if Groupon has such a happy ending.

Or that these are her initials on this little purse which I can imagine she had on her arm on a date or wore for some special occasion.

The Treasury may be tempted to continue new projects, which allow big capital builds without an initial outlay from the public purse, because it keeps spending off the balance-sheet, the report says.

The sponsorship led to a 25percentt increase in the purse, to €2.5 million, in its initial year.