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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: traité, from Latin tractatus; TRACT

treaty

 noun
     
Related topics: Government
treat‧y W2 plural treaties
[countable]PG a formal written agreement between two or more countries or governments:
Both sides have agreed to sign the treaty.
The peace treaty ends nearly four years of violence.
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