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treaty
/ˈtɹiti/
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What does treaty mean?
noun
- A formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely, states and international organizations; a convention, a pact.
verb
- To get into (a specific situation) through a treaty.
- To enter into a treaty.
More meanings (6)
noun
- (archaic) Chiefly in in treaty: discussions or negotiations in order to reach an agreement.
- (archaic) Chiefly in private treaty: an agreement or settlement reached following negotiations; a compact, a contract, a covenant.
- (obsolete) The manner or process of treating someone or something; treatment; also, the manner in which someone or something acts or behaves; behaviour.
- (obsolete) The addressing or consideration of a subject; discussion, treatment.
- (obsolete) A formal, systematic discourse on some subject; a treatise.
- (obsolete) An act of beseeching or entreating; an entreaty, a plea, a request.
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IPA pronunciation
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This quarter occupied, with its streets, squares, docks, and warehouses, all the space between the “promontory of the Treaty” and the river.
But in the collection which Craterus made of the public acts of the people, there is a draft of this treaty given.
More book examples (3)
With a political prescience and broad patriotism they overstepped all authority and concluded the treaty for the purchase of this magnificent domain.
The treaty thus extorted from their leaders, while in a state of duress, was disregarded by the great body of the nation.
The importance and moral influence of the ratification of such a treaty can hardly be overestimated in the cause of advancing civilization.