EGAVE

treaty

About 26.60 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely, states and international organizations; a convention, a pact.
    to sign a peace treaty
  2. noun Chiefly in in treaty: discussions or negotiations in order to reach an agreement. Chiefly in private treaty: an agreement or settlement reached following negotiations; a compact, a contract, a covenant.
  3. noun Chiefly in in treaty: discussions or negotiations in order to reach an agreement.
  4. noun Chiefly in private treaty: an agreement or settlement reached following negotiations; a compact, a contract, a covenant.
  5. noun The manner or process of treating someone or something; treatment; also, the manner in which someone or something acts or behaves; behaviour. The addressing or consideration of a subject; discussion, treatment. A formal, systematic discourse on some subject; a treatise. An act of beseeching or entreating; an entreaty, a plea, a request.
  6. noun The manner or process of treating someone or something; treatment; also, the manner in which someone or something acts or behaves; behaviour.
  7. noun The addressing or consideration of a subject; discussion, treatment.
  8. noun A formal, systematic discourse on some subject; a treatise.

Similar words

pact accord statute constitution contract agreement contractual compact covenant dealing

Often followed by

of with was and between in to on is

Word family

treaties

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