treaty

B2 Topic:Politics & International Affairs

US /ˈtɹiti/ UK /ˈtɹiːti/ See IPA manual

Freq #7167

Meanings

1

noun
A formal written agreement between two or more countries.

The two nations finally signed a peace treaty.
2

noun
The process of discussing terms in order to reach an agreement.

The land was sold by private treaty rather than at auction.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a formal written agreement... accord

Word family

Forms treaties

Derived forms treatylesstreatymakertreatymaking

Related forms entreatentreatingentreatinglyentreativeentreatmententreaty protocol tractate trait treat treatabletreatableness

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peace treaty
a formal agreement between opposing sides to end hostilities

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Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English trete, trety (“bargaining, negotiation; discussion; conference, meeting; entreaty, persuasion; agreement, contract, covenant; arrangement, settlement; agreement between two rulers, states, etc.; written work on a particular subject, treatise; subdivision of a written work, section”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman treté, traité, treaté, and Old French traité, traitié [and other forms] (modern French traité (“agreement between two rulers, states, etc.; treatise”)); traité or traitié is: * a noun use of the past participle of traiter (“to treat; to de…

trete Middle English treté xno traité Old French tractāre Latin tractātum Latin tractātus Latin

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# treaty

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈtɹiti/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtɹiːti/
**Frequency rank:** 7167

## Meanings
1. A formal written agreement between two or more countries.
2. The process of discussing terms in order to reach an agreement.

## Examples
- The two nations finally signed a peace treaty.
- The land was sold by private treaty rather than at auction.

## Derived Forms
- treatyless
- treatymaker
- treatymaking

## Related Forms
- entreat
- entreating
- entreatingly
- entreative
- entreatment
- entreaty
- protocol
- tractate
- trait
- treat
- treatable
- treatableness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: trete
- Root: treté
- Root: traité
- Root: tractāre
- Root: tractātum
- Root: tractātus

## Etymology
The noun is derived from Middle English trete, trety (“bargaining, negotiation; discussion; conference, meeting; entreaty, persuasion; agreement, contract, covenant; arrangement, settlement; agreement between two rulers, states, etc.; written work on a particular subject, treatise; subdivision of a written work, section”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman treté, traité, treaté, and Old French traité, traitié [and other forms] (modern French traité (“agreement between two rulers, states, etc.; treatise”)); traité or traitié is: * a noun use of the past participle of traiter (“to treat; to de…

## AI Etymology
Treaty's noun is derived from Middle English trete, trety (“bargaining, negotiation; discussion; conference, meeting; entreaty, persuasion; agreement, contract, covenant; arrangement, settlement; agreement between two rulers, states, etc.; written work on a particular subject, treatise; subdivision of a written work, section”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman treté, traité, treaté, and Old French traité, traitié [and other forms] In present-day use, it can mean a formal written agreement between two or more countries, or the process of discussing terms in order to reach an agreement.

## Topics
- Politics & International Affairs
- Register & Style

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