Treaty /(?)/

Trea·ty

Treaty

n.

pl. Treaties

  1. The act of treating for the adjustment of differences, as for forming an agreement; negotiation.
    He cast by treaty and by trains Her to persuade.
  2. 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.
  3. A proposal tending to an agreement. [Obs.]
  4. A treatise; a tract. [Obs.]