Treaty
['triːtɪ] or ['triti]
Definition
(n.) The act of treating for the adjustment of differences, as for forming an agreement; negotiation.
(n.) An agreement so made; specifically, an agreement, league, or contract between two or more nations or sovereigns, formally signed by commissioners properly authorized, and solemnly ratified by the several sovereigns, or the supreme power of each state; an agreement between two or more independent states; as, a treaty of peace; a treaty of alliance.
(n.) A proposal tending to an agreement.
(n.) A treatise; a tract.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Agreement (between nations), contract, compact, pact, convention, concordat.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Contract, agreement, league, covenant, alliance, negotiation, convention
ANT:Neutrality, noninterference, non-alliance, nonagreement, non-convention
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Examples
- Mrs. Godfrey managed our little treaty. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The treaty will cease to be secret in a few months. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- If the treaty had reached, let us say, the French or Russian Foreign Office, you would expect to hear of it? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I had been so confident of regaining the treaty at once that I had not dared to think of what would be the consequence if I failed to do so. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Still, of course, if you said nothing to any one about the treaty these inquiries are irrelevant. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is upon this principle that the treaty of commerce between England and Portugal, concluded in 1703 by Mr Methuen, has been so much commended. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is the 'lion heart' with which the reason makes a treaty. Plato. The Republic.
- The Treaty of Peace was finally signed at Paris in September. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Some one, then, was in that room where my precious treaty lay upon the table. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Some historians declare explicitly that there was a treaty to that effect. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A treaty of peace suspended the fears of the Greeks. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You feared, as I understand, that very grave results might follow from the details of this treaty becoming known. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is worth while for the reader to compare the treaty maps we give with what we have called the natural political map of Europe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We have the treaty, under your pretty hands and seals. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- When I came to examine the treaty I saw at once that it was of such importance that my uncle had been guilty of no exaggeration in what he had said. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Fifth, all international agreements and treaties of every kind must be made known in their entirety to the rest of the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He ruled in Rome like an independent king, organizing armies, making treaties. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is absurd to despair of mankind because of these treaties, or to regard them as anything more than feeble first sketches of a world settlement. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Finally an allied squadron (1865), at anchor off Kioto, imposed a ratification of the treaties which opened Japan to the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Congress had hardly assembled before the diplomatists set to work making secret bargains and treaties behind each other's backs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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