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treaty

[tree-tee]

noun, plural -ties.

a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.

the formal document embodying such an international agreement.

any agreement or compact.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English trete < Anglo-French < Latin tractātus tractate

Related forms

non·trea·ty, noun, plural -ties.

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The future of the global climate-change treaty looks bleak.

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But a recently signed international treaty could back the use of digital watermarks with the force of international law.

The future of the global climate-change treaty looks bleak.

Instead, they're bought for public relations purposes, or on a bet that a new climate treaty will include forest preservation.

Among the reasons for disappointment are that it is not a legally binding treaty.

In theory, unless either nation could decisively show that it had settled the region, the treaty would be renewed.

No one claims that the compromise treaty was perfect.

The treaty has to be ratified by individual governments before it takes effect.

Engineers got busy building the dams and reservoirs needed to carry out the terms of the treaty.

Dismantling the reserve and treaty system is the only hope these people have for fully entering modern society.

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Later, conferees hashed over the obscure international treaty that makes protecting that privacy a challenge.

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But the protocol was intended as a first step, and countries have been struggling to agree on a follow-up treaty ever since.

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The study comes as countries continue to debate whether to develop a new international climate change treaty.

Expressing the belief that the treaty secures the essentials of freedom and that.

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Bipartisan support for the treaty may help it toward ratification despite election-year polarization.

Ultimately, though, new sanctions might require a new treaty.

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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 treat]

'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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