Wiktionary:Word of the day/2022/February 6

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for February 6
treaty n
  1. (countable, international law) A formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely, states and international organizations; a convention, a pact.
  2. (archaic)
    1. (uncountable) Chiefly in in treaty: discussions or negotiations in order to reach an agreement.
    2. (countable) Chiefly in private treaty: an agreement or settlement reached following negotiations; a compact, a contract, a covenant.
  3. (obsolete)
    1. (uncountable) The manner or process of treating someone or something; treatment; also, the manner in which someone or something acts or behaves; behaviour.
    2. (uncountable) The addressing or consideration of a subject; discussion, treatment.
    3. (countable) A formal, systematic discourse on some subject; a treatise.
    4. (countable) An act of beseeeching or entreating; an entreaty, a plea, a request.

treaty v

  1. (transitive) To get into (a specific situation) through a treaty.
  2. (intransitive) To enter into a treaty.

Today is Waitangi Day, the national day of New Zealand. It marks the anniversary of the initial signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, which is regarded as the founding document of the nation, on this day in 1840.

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