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tret
[ tret ]
noun
- (formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
tret
/ trɛt /
noun
- commerce (formerly) an allowance according to weight granted to purchasers for waste due to transportation. It was calculated after deduction for tare
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tret1
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Example Sentences
When it comes to a question of tare and tret, false sentiment must be excluded.
She saved me—little knock-out—an' look 'ow I went an' tret 'er for it!
Multiplying the men by the seconds (5,000 x 30) you get approximately the amount of the wind, in wear and tare and tret.
"He tret the ainst, an' I tret ten times or mair," Geordie was vehemently affirming to a sympathetic street.
No, she an' me's from th' old North—old Car'tret, nigh on ter Newbern; an' we doant take nat'rally to these fire-eaters.
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