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Another word for treaty

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Noun

  1. A formal, usually written settlement between nations

      1. An arrangement between people; a compact.
      2. A formal agreement, such as one between nations; a treaty.
      3. An agreement between persons, groups, or nations; compact; covenant
      1. A widely used and accepted device or technique, as in drama, literature, or painting:
      2. The body of persons attending such an assembly:
      3. A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom:
      1. A treaty establishing peaceful relations.
      2. Harmony or agreement of interests or feelings; accord.
      3. (Gram.) agreement
      1. Harmony of opinion; accord:
      2. An arrangement between parties, usually resulting from a discussion, regarding a course of action.
      3. A contract
      1. An informal agreement, as between countries
      2. Agreement; harmony:
      3. Mutual agreement; harmony
    See also:

    politics

    agree

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Another word for treaty

Noun
      1. An indefinite quantity, extent, or degree:
      2. A business transaction:
      3. (Informal) Treatment received:
      1. The transfer of a negotiable instrument.
      2. A conferring, discussing, or bargaining to reach agreement
      3. The act or process of negotiating:
      1. An agreement establishing the terms of a sale or exchange of goods or services:
      2. Property acquired or services rendered as a result of such an agreement.
      3. An agreement between parties fixing obligations that each promises to carry out.
      1. An agreement.
      2. A settlement or adjustment, as of a dispute, difference, etc.
      3. A particular way in which items are organized.
      1. (Countable) Reason or intelligence, ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer.
      2. The power or ability to think, learn, judge, etc.; intelligence; sense
      3. (Countable) Opinion, judgement or outlook.
      1. A debt security obligating a government or corporation to pay a specified amount on a future date, especially a marketable security that makes semiannual interest payments.
      2. A binding agreement; covenant
      3. (Masonry) The way in which bricks, stones, etc. are lapped upon one another in building
      1. Any pause in or respite from quarreling, conflict, trouble, etc.
      2. A temporary cessation or suspension of hostilities by agreement of the opposing sides; an armistice.
      3. A temporary cessation of warfare by agreement between the belligerents; armistice; cease-fire
      1. Suspension of active hostilities; a truce.
      2. An order to stop firing.
      3. A temporary cessation of warfare by mutual agreement of the participants; truce
      1. An agreement between two or more governments or powers for cooperative action or policy:
      2. The parties to such an agreement.
      3. An understanding or agreement, as between nations
      1. A coercive measure adopted usually by several nations acting together against a nation violating international law.
      2. Something, as a moral principle or influence, that makes a rule of conduct, a law, etc. binding
      3. A consideration, influence, or principle that dictates an ethical choice.
      1. The hiring or leasing of an aircraft, vessel, or other vehicle, especially for the exclusive, temporary use of a group of travelers.
      2. A franchise or written grant of specified rights made by a government or ruler to a person, corporation, etc.
      3. A written grant from the sovereign power of a country conferring certain rights and privileges on a person, a corporation, or the people:
      1. An agreement between a pope and a government concerning the regulation of church affairs
      2. A compact; formal agreement; covenant
      1. The agreement made for such an association
      2. A close association of nations or other groups, formed to advance common interests or causes:
      3. A formal agreement establishing such an association, especially an international treaty of friendship.
      1. A customary practice, rule, method, etc.; usage
      2. The body of persons attending such an assembly:
      3. A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom:
      1. A political bloc in certain European countries
      2. An association of industrialists, business firms, etc. for establishing a national or international monopoly by price fixing, ownership of controlling stock, etc.; trust
      3. An official agreement between governments at war, especially one concerning the exchange of prisoners.
      1. An automobile that is bigger in size than a subcompact but smaller than an intermediate.
      2. A small cosmetic case, usually containing face powder and mirror
      3. An agreement or a covenant.
      1. In the Bible, a divine promise establishing or modifying God's relationship to humanity or to a particular group.
      2. (Theol.) The promise made by God to humanity and the relationship it established, as described in the Bible
      3. A binding agreement; a compact.
      1. (Architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
      2. An agreement, arrangement, or adjustment
      3. An arrangement or agreement reached, as in business proceedings or negotiating a dispute:
      1. An arrangement between people; a compact.
      2. An agreement between persons, groups, or nations; compact; covenant
      3. A formal agreement, such as one between nations; a treaty.
      1. (Grammar) Correspondence in gender, number, case, or person between words.
      2. Harmony of opinion; accord:
      3. An arrangement between parties, usually resulting from a discussion, regarding a course of action.
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Sentence Examples

  • In 1890-1893 its shores were divided by treaty between Great Britain, France and Germany.

  • The border issue was finally resolved by the Webster-Ashburton treaty of 1842.

  • In the treaty, language describing the border between the United States and Canada, still part of Great Britain, included this:

  • On the 17th of May 1517 the bishop of Dunkeld proceeded with Albany to France to conduct the negotiations which ended in the treaty of Rouen.

  • Germany, an ally of Austria-Hungary, was obligated by treaty to defend it.

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