Definitions for treaty
ˈtri titreaty

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. treaty, pact, accordnoun

   a written agreement between two states or sovereigns

Wiktionary(4.00 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. treatynoun

   A binding agreement under international law concluded by subjects of international law, namely states and international organizations.

   Etymology: From traité, from tractatus, from tractare.

Webster Dictionary(1.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Treatynoun

   the act of treating for the adjustment of differences, as for forming an agreement; negotiation

2. Treatynoun

   an agreement so made; specifically, an agreement, league, or contract between two or more nations or sovereigns, formally signed by commissioners properly authorized, and solemnly ratified by the several sovereigns, or the supreme power of each state; an agreement between two or more independent states; as, a treaty of peace; a treaty of alliance

3. Treatynoun

   a proposal tending to an agreement

4. Treatynoun

   a treatise; a tract

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Treaty

   A treaty is an express agreement under international law entered into by actors in international law, namely sovereign states and international organizations. A treaty may also be known as an agreement, protocol, covenant, contract,convention, pact, or exchange of letters, among other terms. Regardless of terminology, all of these forms of agreements are, under international law, equally considered treaties and the rules are the same. Treaties can be loosely compared to contracts: both are means of willing parties assuming obligations among themselves, and a party to either that fails to live up to their obligations can be held liable under international law.

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1. treaty

   An agreement, league, or contract, between two or more nations or sovereigns, formally signed by commissioners properly authorized, and solemnly ratified by the several sovereigns or the supreme power of each state; an agreement between two or more independent states.

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1. treaty

   A form of official agreement cocreated by a number of unity government through discussion, approved in legislation and ratified into the legislation of the relevant member countries that have signed the agreement

   The peace treaty is agreed between the countries and is ratified easily and efficiently.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 29, 2020  

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1. • Written Agreement

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'treaty' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2015

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'treaty' in Nouns Frequency: #819

Anagrams for treaty »

1. yatter

How to pronounce treaty?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of treaty in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of treaty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of treaty in a Sentence

1. Boris Johnson:

   I would say to our friends in the EU if they don't want a no-deal Brexit then we've got to get rid of the backstop from the treaty, if Donald Tusk doesn't want to go down as Mr No Deal then I hope that point will be borne in mind by him, too.

2. President Barack Obama:

   And because it is not a treaty, it can and should be revisited by our next president.

3. Oeystein Jensen:

   Now, the 1920 Svalbard Treaty forces Norway to treat all signatories fairly. The EU does not have the right to issue licenses, but the treaty perhaps grants the EU the right to be equally treated. The EU, by issuing their own licenses, has ignored these steps and ignored international law.

4. Don Gentry:

   There is definitely extensive damage to the forest where we have our treaty rights, i am sure we have lost a number of deer to the fire.

5. Lassina Zerbo:

   First everyone talks about enrichment, but before we discuss this enrichment, let's get this treaty into force so that we don't even think about the process towards developing nuclear weapons.

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