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🚫 Not by treaty 🤝 An informal agreement
nontreaty

nontreaty

7.5
An agreement without formal treaty status
  • noun
  • /nɒnˈtriːti/
  • Specialized
translation icon : acuerdo no formal
  • Quotas for North Puget Sound fisheries are determined preseason and divided 50:50, treaty and nontreaty.

Examples

  • The two countries reached a nontreaty agreement to cooperate on trade.

  • The organization facilitated several nontreaty arrangements to promote peace.

  • In the absence of a formal treaty, they established a nontreaty framework for environmental protection.

Synonyms

convention
vsnontreaty
  • Specialized
114 4.1

An international agreement that countries sign to set common rules

is any agreement between parties that lacks formal treaty status

How Formal

treaty
  • Formal
509 4.1
written agreement
  • Formal
3 2.7
nontreaty
  • Specialized
7.5
understanding
203 3.7

Surface Forms

nontreaty singular
nontreaties plural

Morphology

nontreaty = treaty (transparent) = non + treaty

A regular nominal formation using the negative prefix 'non-' attached to 'treaty', yielding 'an agreement that is not a treaty'—a direct negation.

Etymology

Nontreaty comes from non- 'not' plus treaty 'formal agreement'. As a noun, it means an agreement or arrangement that does not have the official legal status of a treaty, so it is more informal or flexible.