treaty

CEFRC1

/ˈtɹiːti/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A formal agreement between countries.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Chiefly in in treaty: discussions or negotiations in order to reach an agreement.

Examples

  • The government is accused of breaching the terms of the treaty.

  • The treaty has been concluded after many twists and turns.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /-ɾi/
  • /ˈtɹiti/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Chiefly in private treaty: an agreement or settlement reached following negotiations; a compact, a contract, a covenant.

  2. A formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely, states and international organizations; a convention, a pact.

  3. The manner or process of treating someone or something; treatment; also, the manner in which someone or something acts or behaves; behaviour.

More examples

In context

  • War broke out when the treaty was ignored.

  • to write up a treaty touching climate change

  • to sign a peace treaty

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Origin

noun

The noun is derived from Middle English trete, trety (“bargaining, negotiation; discussion; conference, meeting; entreaty, persuasion; agreement, contract, covenant; arrangement, settlement; agreement between two rulers, states, etc.; written work on a particular subject, treatise; subdivision of a written work, section”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman treté, traité, treaté, and Old French traité, traitié [and other forms] (modern French traité (“agreement between two rulers, states, etc.; treatise”)); traité or traitié is: * a noun use of the past participle of traiter (“to treat; to deal with, handle”), from Latin tractāre, the present active infinitive of tractō (“to drag, haul, tu...