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TREATIES

Definition: TREATIES

TREATIES

Plural

1. Of Treaty

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "TREATIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)


Synonym: TREATIES

Synonym: Treaties & agreements. (additional references)

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Crosswords: TREATIES

English words defined with "TREATIES": AdlegationdenounceFecialinternational lawJay, John Jay. (references)
Specialty definitions using "TREATIES": action for failure to fulfil obligation, appeal against non-compliance of the State, Assiento Treatiesdiplomaticsfederal question, fiscal lawImmigration and Nationality Actlaw clerk, legal aid, legal entityMigratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918Seven Weeks' War, Sound scienceUnited States Customs Service, United States Department Of State. (references)
Etymologies containing "TREATIES": FecialTreaty. (references)

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Modern Usage: TREATIES

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Historical Reel: Broken Treaties (1941)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: TREATIES

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Guide to the Nuclear Arms Control Treaties (reference)

  • American Treaties and Alliances (reference)

  • Correspondence and Treaties 1800-1854 (Acta Aethiopica, Vol 1) (reference)

  • Family Law Statutes, Treaties and Legislative Models (reference)

  • International Treaties on Intellectual Property (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Consolidated Treaties & International Agreements Current Document Service United States (reference)

  • Statement Of Treaties And International Agreements Registered Or Filed And Recorded With The ... (reference)

  • Treaties In Force (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: TREATIES

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Secty of State Hughes signing the treaties resulting from the Conference of Limitation of Armaments today. Other members of the American delegation around the table. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Historic Usage: TREATIES

AuthorDateQuotation

US Constitution

1791

Clause 2: This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The provisions of the Treaties establishing the delimitation of the frontiers before 1871 shall be restored. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: TREATIES

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The congress of Vienna made from it the treaties of 1815, and Europe called that the Restoration.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: TREATIES

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Certificates issued by foreign authorities are recognized in Ukraine only to the extent provided in international treaties to which Ukraine is a party. (references)

It is being carried out under the auspices of the International Boundary and Water Commission, which administers boundary and water treaties between the United States and Mexico. (references)

Recently, a revamping in the Saudi insurance market has taken place whereby reinsurance firms are doing due diligence and carefully examining any treaties before committing to any contractual arrangement. (references)

Civil Liberties

Russia

A number of workers and students from Africa and Asia who came to work or study in accordance with treaties between their countries and the former Soviet Union remained in the country. (references)

Czech Republic

International arbitration on a dispute over the ownership of the television channel NOVA and alleged fraud and commercial misconduct by the station's license holder culminated in two decisions against the Government for not fulfilling its obligations under separate bilateral investment treaties. (references)

Economic History

Oman

Oman is a signatory of most UN-sponsored anti-terrorism treaties. (references)

Human Rights

Algeria

There is also a Constitutional Council, which reviews the constitutionality of treaties, laws, and regulations. (references)

Slovenia

A nine-member Constitutional Court rules on the constitutionality of legislation, treaties, and international agreements and is the highest level of appeal for administrative procedures. (references)

Laos

A human rights unit in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of International Treaties and Legal Affairs has responsibility for inquiry into allegations of human rights violations. (references)

Indigenous People

Australia

The Government remains opposed to a treaty on the ground that treaties exist only between nations. (references)

Canada

Native groups in the west that never signed historical treaties continue to claim land and resources, and many continue to seek legal resolution of outstanding issues. (references)

Australia

There was some discussion of reconciliation treaties between Aboriginal Australians and individual states in both 2000 and during the year, but no legislative action on such treaties has been taken. (references)

Political Economy

Russia

The Duma confirms candidates for Prime Minister, passes federal laws, adopts the federal budget and ratifies treaties. (references)

India

They have agreed to honor all WTO obligations made by previous governments and said they will not abrogate any treaties. (references)

PERU

The two treaties will together strengthen Peru's IPR laws and provide protection to domestic and foreign companies alike. (references)

Trade

Peru

Both treaties expire at the end of 2001, coinciding with the expected start date of the agreement with Mercosur. (references)

Azerbaijan

Customs duties do not apply to goods imported under bilateral free trade treaties between Azerbaijan and foreign states. (references)

Ukraine

Nonetheless, complaints of foreign investors in Ukraine abound about failures on the part of Ukrainian tax authorities to apply these treaties properly. (references)

Travel

Ghana

Ghana, however, has signed treaties with the U.K., France, Gambia, Nigeria, Sweden, and Sierra Leone. (references)

Women

Belgium

The equal treatment of men and women is provided for in the Constitution, federal law, and treaties incorporated into law. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: TREATIES

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Rush Limbaugh

All those treaties, bilateral agreements, and Rose Garden ceremonies were the actions of an appeaser that have seriously damaged our national security.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: TREATIES

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797Measures are in operation for effecting treaties with the Regencies of Tunis and Tripoli.

John Adams

1797-1801At the same time that measures might be pursued with this view, our treaties with Prussia and Sweden, one of which is expired and the other near expiring, might be renewed.

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809So soon as the treaties on this subject shall have received their constitutional sanctions they shall be laid before both houses.

James Madison

1809-1817Such of them as were invited to Detroit acceded readily to a renewal of the former treaties of friendship.

James Monroe

1817-1825Under the appropriation to authorize treaties with the Creeks and Quaupaw Indians commissioners have been appointed and negotiations are now pending, but the result is not yet known.

John Quincy Adams

1825-1829During those wars treaties with Great Britain and Spain had been effected, and those with Prussia and France renewed.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837Treaties have been made with them, which in due season will be submitted for consideration.

William H. Taft

1909-1913We favor every instrumentality, like that of the Hague Tribunal and arbitration treaties made with a view to its use in all international controversies, in order to maintain peace and to avoid war.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981We've won new respect in this hemisphere with the Panama Canal treaties.

George W. Bush

2001-2005After generations of deceitful dictators and broken treaties and squandered lives, we dedicated ourselves to standards of human dignity shared by all, and to a system of security defended by all.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: TREATIES

"TREATIES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "TREATIES" is used about 664 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)100%6649,892

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: TREATIES

Expressions using "TREATIES": bouquet of treaties Guardian of the Treaties honor all international treaties honour all international treaties. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "TREATIES": treaties-for.

Ending with "TREATIES": peace-treaties, suzerainty-treaties.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: TREATIES

Language Translations for "TREATIES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

条约 (treaty). (various references)

   

Danish

  

traktatens vogter (Guardian of the Treaties, guardian of the Treaty), traktatcentral (Treaties Office), traktataendringerne ratificeres (to ratify the amendments to the treaties), udgifter,der nødvendigt følger af Traktater eller af retsakter udstedt i henhold til disse;udgifter,der er en nødvendig følge af Traktaterne eller af retsakter udstedt i henhold til disse (expenditure necessarily arising from the Treaties or from acts adopted pursuant thereto), parter i Traktaterne (Parties to the Treaties), oprindelige Traktater (original Treaties), kontraktsamling (bouquet of treaties), kontraktpakke (bouquet of treaties), internationale aftaler (international contracts, international treaties), i disse Traktaters aand (in the spirit of those Treaties), forslag til ændring af de Traktater,som Unionen bygger på (proposal for the amendment of the Treaties on which the Union is founded). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

in de geest van deze Verdragen (in the spirit of those Treaties), bureau verdragen (Treaties Office), Bureau Voorbereiding Verdragen (Treaties Preparation Section), de amendementen op de Verdragen ratificeren (to ratify the amendments to the treaties), Directie Verdragen (Treaties Department), DJZ/VE (Treaties Division), geconsolideerde Verdragen (consolidated version of the treaties), groepering van contracten (bouquet of treaties), Afdeling Verdragen (Treaties Division), hoedster van het Verdrag (Guardian of the Treaties, guardian of the Treaty), verdragsrecht (law of treaties), internationale verdragen (international treaties), ontwerp tot herziening van de Verdragen waarop de Unie is gebaseerd (proposal for the amendment of the Treaties on which the Union is founded), oorspronkelijke Verdragen (original Treaties), Partij bij de Verdragen (Parties to the Treaties), PbEG C 208/2001,blz.2, punt 2 (Guardian of the Treaties, guardian of the Treaty), PbEG C 256/1984,blz.12/1 (Guardian of the Treaties, guardian of the Treaty), uitgaven die verplicht voortvloeien uit de Verdragen of de ter uitvoering daarvan vastgestelde besluiten (expenditure necessarily arising from the Treaties or from acts adopted pursuant thereto), Verdragen van Rome (Treaties of Rome), hoedster van de Verdragen (Guardian of the Treaties, guardian of the Treaty). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ehdotukset niiden sopimusten tarkistamiseksi,joihin unioni perustuu (proposal for the amendment of the Treaties on which the Union is founded). (various references)

   

French

  

traités internationaux (international treaties), traités de Rome (Treaties of Rome), traités consolidés (consolidated version of the treaties), traités originaires (original Treaties), Conférence des Nations unies sur le droit des Traités entre Etats et organisations internationales ou entre organisations internationales (United Nations Conference on the law of treaties concluded between States and international organizations or between international organizations), ensemble de traités (bouquet of treaties), enregistrement des traités (registration of treaties), droit des traités (law of treaties), Division des Traités (Treaties Division), Direction des Traités (Treaties Department), gardienne des Traités (Guardian of the Treaties, guardian of the Treaty), dépenses découlant obligatoirement des traités ou des actes arrêtés en vertu de ceux-ci (expenditure necessarily arising from the Treaties or from acts adopted pursuant thereto), le Conseil européen a précisé que l'Union européenne devait se construire progressivement en consolidant et en développant l'acquis communautaire, les traités existants servant de base de nouvelles politiques (with the existing Treaties forming a basis for new policies), conclusion de traités (conclusion of treaties), Bureau des traités (Treaties Office), Bureau de Préparation des Traités (Treaties Preparation Section), dans l'esprit de ces traités (in the spirit of those Treaties), ... de transformer, avant la fin de l'actuelle décennie et dans le respect absolu des Traités déj souscrits, l'ensemble des relations des Etats membres en une Union européenne (before the end of the present decade and with the fullest respect for the Treaties already signed), la solidarité des Etats membres vis- -vis du monde extérieur trouve s'exprimer tant dans les matières qui relèvent des traités que dans celles qui n'en relèvent pas. Ainsi, les Neuf manifestent une tendance croissante parler d'une seule voix (Member States' solidarity in practical terms towards the outside world is finding expression both in matters covered by the Treaties and in matters outside their scope. Accordingly), le Royaume-Uni ne saurait se soustraire aux obligations découlant pour lui des traités (The United Kingdom cannot evade its obligations under the Treaties), Loipropint (Intellectual Property Laws and Treaties), Lois et traités de propriété intellectuelle (Intellectual Property Laws and Treaties), l'Union européenne se construira progressivement en consolidant et en développant l'acquis communautaire, les traités existants pouvant servir de base de nouvelles politiques (with the existing Treaties forming a basis for new policies), parties aux traités (Parties to the Treaties), pour autant que les Etats candidats acceptent les Traités et leur finalité politique, les décisions intervenues depuis l'entrée en vigueur des Traités et les options prises dans le domaine du développement ... (in so far as the applicant States accept the Treaties and their political finality, the decisions taken since the entry into force of the Treaties and the options made in the sphere of development ...), projet tendant la révision des traités sur lesquels est fondée l'Union (proposal for the amendment of the Treaties on which the Union is founded), ratifier les amendements aux Traités (to ratify the amendments to the treaties), respect des traités (observance of treaties), Section des Traités internationaux (Treaties Section), gardienne du Traité (Guardian of the Treaties, guardian of the Treaty). (various references)

   

German

  

Staatsverträge, Schatzkammern (treasuries). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συμβαλλόμενα μέρη στις συνθήκες (Parties to the Treaties), σχέδιο αναθεωρήσεως των συνθηκών οι οποίες θεμελιώνουν την'Ενωση (proposal for the amendment of the Treaties on which the Union is founded), στο πνεύμα των συνθηκών αυτών (in the spirit of those Treaties), αρχικές συνθήκες (original Treaties), "ραφείο των συνθηκών (Treaties Office), ομάδα αντασφαλιστικών συμβάσεων (bouquet of treaties), θεματοφύλακας των Συνθηκών (Guardian of the Treaties, guardian of the Treaty), δαπάνες που απορρέουν υποχρεωτικά από τις συνθήκες ή από πράξεις που εκδίδονται δυνάμει των συνθηκών (expenditure necessarily arising from the Treaties or from acts adopted pursuant thereto). (various references)

   

Italian

  

Trattati originari (original Treaties), trattati internazionali (international treaties), ufficio dei trattati (Treaties Office), spese derivanti obbligatoriamente dai trattati o dagli atti adottati in virtù dei trattati (expenditure necessarily arising from the Treaties or from acts adopted pursuant thereto), Sezione Trattati internazionali (Treaties Section), ratifica degli emendamenti ai trattati (to ratify the amendments to the treaties), progetto inteso a modificare i trattati su cui è fondata l'Unione (proposal for the amendment of the Treaties on which the Union is founded), parti ai trattati (Parties to the Treaties), nello spirito di tali trattati (in the spirit of those Treaties), garante dei trattati (Guardian of the Treaties, guardian of the Treaty), custode dei trattati (Guardian of the Treaties, guardian of the Treaty), bouquet di trattati (bouquet of treaties). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

조약 (treaty). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eatiestray

   

Portuguese

  

tratados. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pacto (accord, agreement, compact, covenant, deal, pact). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

utgifter som är en nödvändig följd av fördragen eller rättsakter som antagits i enlighet med dessa (expenditure necessarily arising from the Treaties or from acts adopted pursuant thereto), förslag till ändringar av de fördrag som unionen bygger på (proposal for the amendment of the Treaties on which the Union is founded), buketterbjudande (bouquet of treaties), bouquet (bouquet). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: TREATIES

Derivations

Words ending with "TREATIES": entreaties. (additional references)


Misspellings

"TREATIES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Theatines, treasise, treatied, treatis, treatist, treatyse, trematodes, triazines, trittyes, trymatus. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "TREATIES"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "TREATIES" (pronounced trē"tēz)
6t r ē" t ē zentreaties.
4-ē" t ē zdiabetes.
3-t ē zabilities, abnormalities, absurdities, activities, affinities, ambiguities, amenities, amnesties, animosities, annuities, Antes, antiquities, anxieties, atrocities, authorities, availabilities, banalities, beauties, booties, bounties, brutalities, calamities, capabilities, capacities, casualties, causalities, cavities, celebrities, certainties, charities, christies, cities, committees, commodities, commonalities, communities, complexities, counties, cruelties, curiosities, deformities, deities, densities, deputies, difficulties, disabilities, disability, disparities, ditties, divinities, duties, dynasties, eccentricities, eighties, empties, enmities, entities, equities, extremities, facilities, faculties, fatalities, fatties, festivities, fidelities, fifties, formalities, forties, frailties, fraternities, generalities, gratuities, hostilities, humanities, humanity, identities, illegalities, immunities, improprieties, impurities, indemnities, indignities, inequalities, inequities, infidelities, infirmities, insecurities, instabilities, intensities, irregularities, lefties, legalities, liabilities, liberties, liquidities, localities, loyalties, majorities, maturities, minorities, modalities, Montes, municipalities, nationalities, necessities, niceties, nineties, novelties, obscenities, oddities, opportunities, panties, parities, parties, patties, peculiarities, penalties, personalities, pieties, possibilities, pretties, principalities, priorities, probabilities, proclivities, propensities, properties, qualities, quantities, rarities, realities, responsibilities, rigidities, royalties, securities, sensibilities, sensitivities, seventies, shanties, similarities, sixties, societies, sororities, sorties, specialities, specialties, subcommittees, subtleties, technicalities, thirties, tonalities, travesties, twenties, uncertainties, unfamiliarities, universities, utilities, vanities, varieties, velocities, verities, vigilantes, vulnerabilities, warranties, zlotys.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: TREATIES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ariettes, iterates, teariest, treatise.

Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-r-s-t-t"

-1 letter: aeriest, ariette, artiest, artiste, attires, estreat, iratest, iterate, ratites, restate, retaste, seriate, striate, tastier, testier.

-2 letters: aeries, airest, aretes, artist, attire, easier, easter, eaters, estate, ratite, reseat, resite, retest, reties, satire, seater, setter, sitter, stater, strait, strati, street, striae, taster, taters, teaser, terais, testae, tester, tetras, titers, titres, traits, treats, triste.

-3 letters: aerie.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-r-s-t-t"
 

+1 letter: aigrettes, batteries, catteries, earthiest, feteritas, heartiest, hesitater, laterites, literates, reinstate, sestertia, statelier, treatises, veritates, wateriest.

 

+2 letters: aftertimes, aliterates, altimeters, argentites, asteriated, breathiest, certainest, cigarettes, crepitates, dissertate, earthliest, elaterites, elutriates, entertains, entreaties, estreating, extirpates, extradites, extricates, flatteries, hesitaters, impetrates, integrates, intercaste, interstage, interstate, itinerates, martensite, mistreated, orientates, racketiest, reestimate, reinstated, reinstates, reiterates, retaliates, stealthier, straitened, strategies, strategize, streakiest, streamiest, striptease, tapestried, tapestries, taximeters, tenantries, terminates, tertiaries, textuaries, threadiest, tidewaters, travestied, travesties, tutelaries.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Historic
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Quotations: Spoken
11. Quotations: Speeches
12. Usage Frequency
13. Expressions
14. Translations: Modern
15. Derivations
16. Rhymes
17. Anagrams
18. Bibliography


  

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