: an agreement or arrangement made by negotiation:
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: a contract in writing between two or more political authorities (such as states or sovereigns) formally signed by representatives duly authorized and usually ratified by the lawmaking authority of the state
a nuclear test ban treaty in accordance with a treaty between the United States and the tribes of the Pacific Northwest, commercial fishing of certain kinds of salmon is limited to Native Americans
Recent Examples on the WebBhakar talked up the 30% incentives for international productions and co-productions filming in India that were revealed at Cannes earlier this year and also called for a relook at the existing Italy-India co-production treaty. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Sep. 2022 Beijing decided against ratifying the treaty that established the court decades ago. Chun Han Wong, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022 Russia blocked the adoption of a joint statement to close out a United Nations conference on an ongoing nuclear arms treaty, Western officials said, a diplomatic broadside that underscored the global ramifications of the war in Ukraine.Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2022 The dispute over the plant led Russia late Friday to block agreement on the final document of the four-week-long review of the U.N. treaty that is considered the cornerstone of nuclear disarmament. Derek Gatopoulos, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2022 The treaty is reviewed at a U.N. conference every five years. John Hudson, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2022 The dispute over the plant led Russia late Friday to block agreement on the final document of the four-week-long review of the U.N. treaty that is considered the cornerstone of nuclear disarmament. Derek Gatopoulos, ajc, 27 Aug. 2022 The dispute over the plant led Russia late Friday to block agreement on the final document of the four-week-long review of the U.N. treaty that is considered the cornerstone of nuclear disarmament. Derek Gatopoulos, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022 That treaty stated that anyone can use space but no one owns it, and that exploration should be done to benefit all people. Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 25 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English trete, from Anglo-French treté, from past participle of treter to discuss, treat