Sentence examples for messy transaction from inspiring English sources

The Russians had no idea that, as part of his other dealings, Bouvier had also been an intermediary in the Chagall deal, which had been a messy transaction, involving several middlemen.

When we speak of "capturing" a moment or "shooting" a scene, we poach verbs that in earlier times referred to messy transactions between men and deer.

Both senders and receivers of cash have primarily been drawn to PayPal not for its safety but for its speed and simplicity, especially when it comes to completing messy eBay transactions.

Elsewhere, there has been a messy patchwork of transactions, such as BNP Paribas's takeover of Italy's Banca Nazionale del Lavoro and Crédit Agricole's buyout of Emporiki Bank in Greece.Then there is that dream of every ambitious chief executive world domination.

This lack of administrative muscle becomes more important when transactions get messy.

Most people who spoke to me about the deal agree that while the auction agreement was messy, the handling of the transaction after the auction was complete was what gave rise to the scandal. .

The "messy stuff" mainly occurs in transactions that involve land, public contracts or natural resources.

Mr. Messier has acknowledged approving the transaction, which broke French trading rules because it surpassed the amount of shares that the company could legally buy back.

Within publishing circles, this transaction was seen as a messy marriage of class and mass.

That will allow smaller BNSF shareholders to get Berkshire stock instead of cash in order to avoid a big capital gains tax bill, a transaction that would have been messy with Berkshire B shares costing $3,200 apiece.

In the real world, transactions are messier.