treaty

== English == === Etymology === 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, tug; to handle, manage; to debate, discuss; to exercise, practise; to perform, transact”), from trahō (“to drag, pull”) + -tō (frequentative suffix); and also from Latin tractātum (“written work on a particular subject, treatise”), from Latin tractātus (“dragged, hauled, tugged; handled, managed; exercised, practised; performed, transacted”), the perfect passive participle of tractō (see above). The verb is derived from the noun. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɹiːti/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɹiti/, /-ɾi/ (Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈtɹiːti/, /ˈtɹiːəti/ Rhymes: -iːti Hyphenation: trea‧ty === Noun === treaty (countable and uncountable, plural treaties) (countable, international law) A formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely, states and international organizations; a convention, a pact. (archaic) (uncountable) Chiefly in in treaty: discussions or negotiations in order to reach an agreement. (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. (uncountable) The addressing or consideration of a subject; discussion, treatment. (countable) A formal, systematic discourse on some subject; a treatise. (countable) An act of beseeching or entreating; an entreaty, a plea, a request. ==== Coordinate terms ==== concordat ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== protocol exchange of letters exchange of notes === Verb === treaty (third-person singular simple present treaties, present participle treatying, simple past and past participle treatied) (transitive) To get into (a specific situation) through a treaty. (intransitive) To enter into a treaty. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “treaty”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “treaty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “treaty”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === attery, yatter