treaty
A formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely, states…A formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely, states and international organizations; a convention, a pact.
» The treaty is to go into effect on October first.
Meaning
7 senses(countable)A formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely, states and international organizations; a convention, a pact.
to sign a peace treaty
to write up a treaty touching climate change
Vertrag, Bündnis
догово́рdogovór, до́говорdógovor, соглаше́ниеsoglašénije
до́говірdóhovir, догові́рdohovír, уго́даuhóda
(archaic, uncountable)Chiefly in in treaty: discussions or negotiations in order to reach an agreement.
(archaic, 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.
(obsolete, uncountable)The addressing or consideration of a subject; discussion, treatment.
(countable, obsolete)A formal, systematic discourse on some subject; a treatise.
(countable, obsolete)An act of beseeching or entreating; an entreaty, a plea, a request.
- a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
Examples
108 sentencesThe treaty is to go into effect on October first.
A treaty was signed.
ruБыл подписан договор. — marafon
The treaty has been signed.
The two countries negotiated a treaty.
ruДве страны обсуждали условия договора. — marafon
deDie beiden Länder handelten einen Vertrag aus. — raggione
The two countries negotiated a peace treaty.
Translations
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Origin
The noun is derived from Middle English trete, trety (“bargaining, negotiation; discussionThe 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:
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plural: treatiesSynonyms
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