tret
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tret
1490–1500; < Anglo-French, variant of trait act of drawing; see trait
Example Sentences
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After that, Bach was the appropriate encore, and the group played his gorgeous final chorale, “Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit,” with Ms. Figueroa soaring in the theme and the others offering sensitive, moving support.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2013
He had been "tret somefink crool," he declared, but without entering into particulars, for which Dollar did not press; but on the character of Mostyn Scarth there were no such reservations.
From The Crime Doctor by Ernest William Hornung
That the factors should grant the purchasers the same allowance of tare, tret, discount, &c., as are customary at the company's sales in this city.
From Tea Leaves Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction, notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party) by Francis S. (Francis Samuel) Drake
Tret, tret, n. an allowance to purchasers of 4 lb. on every 104 lb. for waste.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Cloff, klof, n. an allowance, on buying goods wholesale, of 2 lb. in every 3 cwt., after tare and tret have been deducted.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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