treaty
[tree-tee]
- a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- the formal document embodying such an international agreement.
- any agreement or compact.
Origin of treaty
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for treaty
Contemporary Examples
Start out with that so you understand what happened, beginning with the Treaty of Westphalia.
Treaty compliance issues are the purview of the State Department.
The 300 year anniversary of the treaty that joined Ukraine to Russia was a happy coincidence, he said.
The Treaty of Detroit, and the general idea that management should make peace with labor, was and is anathema to these people.
The Daily Beast first reported in November that the U.S. government believes Russia has breached its treaty obligations.
Historical Examples
A treaty was framed, and at first rejected by the United States Senate.
The Nation in a NutshellGeorge Makepeace Towle
He is now actually in treaty for an inn, which will do his business for life.
Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
Action on this treaty is expected to take place in about ten years.
This island had been restored to France by the Treaty of Amiens.
The History of the First West India RegimentA. B. Ellis
The treaty, as it transpires, is the source of general cavil.
treaty
- a formal agreement or contract between two or more states, such as an alliance or trade arrangement
- the document in which such a contract is written
- any international agreement
- any pact or agreement
- an agreement between two parties concerning the purchase of property at a price privately agreed between them
- archaic negotiation towards an agreement
- (in Canada)
- any of the formal agreements between Indian bands and the federal government by which the Indians surrender their land rights in return for various forms of aid
- (as modifier)treaty Indians; treaty money
- an obsolete word for entreaty
Word Origin
C14: from Old French traité, from Medieval Latin tractātus treaty, from Latin: discussion, from tractāre to manage; see treat
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for treaty
n.
late 14c., "treatment, discussion," from Old French traité "assembly, agreement, treaty," from Latin tractatus "discussion, handling," from tractare "to handle, manage" (see treat). Sense of "contract between nations" is first recorded early 15c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper