an official written agreement between two or more countries. When national leaders negotiate a treaty, they discuss it before reaching agreement; and when they ratify a treaty, they give it their formal approval, usually by signing it or voting for it
He had no difficulty in persuadingparliament to approve the treaty.
treaty on:
a treaty on armsreduction
treaty with:
a trade treaty with New Zealand
Synonyms and related words
International agreements
accession
accord
alliance
treaty
noun countable
US /ˈtriti/
Other entries for this word
treaty Indiannoun
the Maastricht Treatynoun
Word Forms
singular
treaty
plural
treaties
DEFINITIONS1
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an official written agreement between two or more countries. When national leaders negotiate a treaty, they discuss it before reaching agreement; and when they ratify a treaty, they give it their formal approval, usually by signing it or voting for it
He had no difficulty in persuadingparliament to approve the treaty.