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tret

/tɹɛt/

tret noun: an allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare is deducted. Also the clipping of tretinoin.

Noun

tret (plural trets)

  1. (obsolete) An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare is deducted.

Also used as

tret is also the clipping of tretinoin.

tret is also the simple past and past participle of treat.

Forms of tret

pluraltrets

Origin of tret

From Old French traire, from Latin trahēre.

Clipping of tretinoin.

From Middle English, analogous with Germanic verbs such as meet, met.

Words that rhyme with tret

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Questions about tret

What does tret mean?
Tret means an allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare is deducted.
What part of speech is tret?
Tret is a noun.
How do you pronounce tret?
Tret is pronounced /tɹɛt/.
What is the plural of tret?
The plural of tret is trets.

Words near tret in the dictionary

  1. trestleworks
  2. trestling
  3. trestolone
  4. tresvigintillion
  5. Treswell
  6. tret
  7. Treta Yuga
  8. tretamine
  9. tretazicar
  10. Tretheway
  11. Trethewy

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