Treaty

Quick meaning: Treaty is a noun meaning Chiefly in in treaty: discussions or negotiations in order to reach an agreement.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. Chiefly in private treaty: an agreement or settlement reached following negotiations; a compact, a contract, a covenant.
2. The addressing or consideration of a subject; discussion, treatment.
3. A formal, systematic discourse on some subject; a treatise.
4. An act of beseeching or entreating; an entreaty, a plea, a request.
5. (transitive) To get into (a specific situation) through a treaty.
6. (countable, international law) A formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely, states and international organizations; a convention, a pact.
7. The manner or process of treating someone or something; treatment; also, the manner in which someone or something acts or behaves; behaviour.

Example Sentences

to sign a peace treaty

to write up a treaty touching climate change

Hoſ[t]. They call me Good-ſtock. / Lov[el]. Sir, and you confeſſe it, / Both i'your language, treaty, and your bearing.

Soon after his [James VI and I's] coming to the Crown of England he entered into ſecret treaties with Spain, in order to the forcing the States to a peace: […]

Word Forms

• treaties
• treatying
• treatied

Synonyms for treaty

Depending on context, synonyms include accord, pact.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pact, accord, statute, constitution, contract, agreement.

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