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treaties

Syllables: trea·ties/ˈtɹiːtiz/

treaties is the plural of treaty.

Meaning of treaty

Noun

treaty (countable and uncountable, plural treaties)

  1. (countable, international law) 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. (archaic, uncountable) Chiefly in in treaty: discussions or negotiations in order to reach an agreement.
    • To a meeting of the executors of late Viscˢˢᵉ Mordaunt's estate, to consider of the sale of Parsons Greene; being in treaty with Mr. Loftus, and to settle the halfe yeare's account.1680 May 9 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 30 April 1680]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I...
  3. (archaic, countable) Chiefly in private treaty: an agreement or settlement reached following negotiations; a compact, a contract, a covenant.
  4. (obsolete, uncountable) The manner or process of treating someone or something; treatment; also, the manner in which someone or something acts or behaves; behaviour.
    • Hoſ[t]. They call me Good-ſtock. / Lov[el]. Sir, and you confeſſe it, / Both i'your language, treaty, and your bearing.1629 (first performance), B[en] Jonson, The New Inne. Or, The Light Heart. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Thomas Alchorne, […], published 1631, →OCLC, Act I, scene iii
  5. (obsolete, uncountable) The addressing or consideration of a subject; discussion, treatment.
  6. (countable, obsolete) A formal, systematic discourse on some subject; a treatise.
    • And though Galen doth ſometime nibble at Moſes, and beſide the Apoſtate Chriſtian, ſome Heathens have queſtioned his Philoſophicall part or treaty of the Creation: Yet is there ſurely no reaſonable Pagan, that will not admire the rationall and well grounded precepts of Chriſt; […]1650, Thomas Browne, “Of the Second Cause of Popular Errors; the Erroneous Disposition of the People”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and...

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Questions about treaties

What is treaties the plural of?
Treaties is the plural of treaty.
How do you pronounce treaties?
Treaties is pronounced /ˈtɹiːtiz/.

Words near treaties in the dictionary

  1. treater
  2. treaters
  3. treatest
  4. treateth
  5. treatied
  6. treaties
  7. treating
  8. treating like dirt
  9. treating like garbage
  10. treating like shit
  11. treating like trash

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