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stand treat

stand treat verb: to pay the cost of treating someone to something.

Verb

stand treat (third-person singular simple present stands treat, present participle standing treat, simple past and past participle stood treat)

  1. (archaic, idiomatic) To pay the cost of treating someone to something.
    • Is "standing treat" a sale of liquor? Certainly to the "treator," but is it a sale to the "treatee"?1888, Albert Gibson, Robert McLean, Law Notes, volume 7, page 131
    • An ordinary Australian of the locality would have […] said Yes or No to the price asked, and, as a preliminary to doing business, would have stood the needy seller treat. Mark had to stand treat himself, and had to take Jock out to inspect the plant.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter V, in Capricornia, page 62

Forms of stand treat

third-person singular presentstands treat
present participlestanding treat
past participlestood treat
paststood treat

Questions about stand treat

What does stand treat mean?
Stand treat means to pay the cost of treating someone to something.
What part of speech is stand treat?
Stand treat is a verb.
What is the past tense of stand treat?
The past tense of stand treat is stood treat.

Words near stand treat in the dictionary

  1. stand to attention
  2. stand to pee
  3. stand to pees
  4. stand to reason
  5. stand together
  6. stand treat
  7. stand trial
  8. stand under
  9. stand up
  10. stand up against
  11. stand up and be counted

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