treaty
IPA: trˈiti
noun
- (countable, international law) A formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely, states and international organizations; a convention, a pact.
- (archaic)
- (uncountable) Chiefly in in treaty: discussions or negotiations in order to reach an agreement.
- (countable) Chiefly in private treaty: an agreement or settlement reached following negotiations; a compact, a contract, a covenant.
- (obsolete)
- (uncountable) The manner or process of treating someone or something; treatment; also, the manner in which someone or something acts or behaves; behaviour.
- (uncountable) The addressing or consideration of a subject; discussion, treatment.
- (countable) A formal, systematic discourse on some subject; a treatise.
- (countable) An act of beseeeching or entreating; an entreaty, a plea, a request.
verb
- (transitive) To get into (a specific situation) through a treaty.
- (intransitive) To enter into a treaty.
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Examples of "treaty" in Sentences
- The allies signed a treaty.
- The bare facts are in the treaty.
- The Treaty is hortatory in nature.
- The treaty was brokered by the Pope.
- It changes the treaty and ratification.
- The agreement was reaffirmed by the treaty.
- He cannot cancel the treaty, as it is a multilateral treaty.
- The people of Texas were incensed at the terms of the treaty.
- The treaty concerns procedure for extradition and the mandatory terms.
- By the terms of the treaty, Norway was to be ceded to the king of Sweden.