noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/tɹɛt/
rhymes with -ɛt
1
noun
Meaning 1
An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare is deducted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: economics, sciences, shipping, transport
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noun
Meaning 2
Clipping of tretinoin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of treat, i.e. treated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, colloquial, form-of, participle, past
Qualifier: Bristol
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History
Etymology
From Old French traire, from Latin trahēre.
Clipping of tretinoin.
From Middle English, analogous with Germanic verbs such as meet, met.