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non·trea·ty, noun, plural non·trea·ties.
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Treaty
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Example Sentences
- We are looking to have mediation added in the treaty language.
- In theory, unless either nation could decisively show that it had settled the region, the treaty would be renewed.
- Ultimately, though, new sanctions might require a new treaty.
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World English Dictionary
| treaty (ˈtriːtɪ) | |
| —n , pl -ties | |
| 1. | a. a formal agreement or contract between two or more states, such as an alliance or trade arrangement |
| b. the document in which such a contract is written | |
| 2. | any international agreement |
| 3. | any pact or agreement |
| 4. | an agreement between two parties concerning the purchase of property at a price privately agreed between them |
| 5. | archaic negotiation towards an agreement |
| 6. | in Canada |
| a. any of the formal agreements between Indian bands and the federal government by which the Indians surrender their land rights in return for various forms of aid | |
| b. (as modifier): treaty Indians; treaty money | |
| 7. | an obsolete word for entreaty |
| [C14: from Old French traité, from Medieval Latin tractātus treaty, from Latin: discussion, from tractāre to manage; see | |
| 'treatyless | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
treaty
late 14c., "treatment, discussion," from O.Fr. traité "assembly, agreement, treaty," from L. tractatus "discussion, handling," from tractare "to handle, manage" (see treat). Sense of "contract between nations" is first recorded 1430.
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