Montague

[mon-tuh-gyoo]

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noun

(in Shakespeare'sRomeo and Juliet ) the family name of Romeo.
William Pepperell 1873–1953, U.S. philosopher.
a male given name.

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Thames Water chairman Sir Adrian Montague said that while KKR's withdrawal was "disappointing, we continue to believe that a sustainable recapitalisation of the company is in the best interests of all stakeholders and continue to work with our creditors and stakeholders to achieve that goal".

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But Sir Adrian Montague, Thames Water's chairman, warned that without bigger price rises, the company cannot guarantee safe and resilient water supplies that can cope with climate change and population growth.

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Earlier on Tuesday, Thames chairman Sir Adrian Montague clarified comments he had made about bonuses to a committee of MPs last week.

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Earlier this week, Thames chairman Sir Adrian Montague told MPs that hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of recent bonuses for bosses had been justified.

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Challenged by World at One presenter Helen Montague over whether his own behaviour had been militant, Vine said he was "just a safety first kind of a guy".

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�� does Montague mean?

Montague is the family name of the character Romeo from William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet.Romeo is the son of Lord and Lady Montague. The house of Montague is in a bitter feud with the house of Capulet for reasons never revealed in the play. Other characters on the side of the Montagues include Lord Montague’s nephew Benvolio, Romeo’s friend Mercutio, and the servants Abram and Balthasar.In the play, Romeo falls in love with Juliet Capulet at first sight. Because of the feud, they meet in secret and eventually secretly get married. Later, Romeo is exiled from the city after killing Juliet’s cousin Tybalt out of revenge for Tybalt’s accidental killing of Mercutio.Hearing of Romeo’s exile, Juliet devises a plan in which she fakes her own death so that she can meet Romeo in the Capulet family tomb. However, Romeo believes Juliet to actually be dead and kills himself with poison to join her in the afterlife. Upon discovering that Romeo is dead, Juliet stabs herself to death. The deaths of their children cause Lord Montague and Lord Capulet to end their feud.

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