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Webster 1913 Edition

Tret

Tret

,
obs.
3d p
ers.
s
ing.
p
res.
of
Tread
, for treadeth.
Chaucer.

Tret

,
Noun.
[F.
traite
a drawing, trading, journey, tax on wares in transit, anything diminishing the value of coins, fr. OF.
traire
to draw, L.
trahere
. See
Trait
.]
(Com.)
An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare deducted.
M’Culloch.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tret

TRET

,
Noun.
[probably from L. tritus, tero, to wear.]
In commerce, an allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four per cent on the weight of commodities. It is said this allowance is nearly discontinued.

Definition 2024

tret

tret

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɹɛt/

Noun

tret ‎(plural trets)

  1. (obsolete) 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.

Etymology 2

From Middle English, analogous with Germanic verbs such as meet, met.

Verb

tret

  1. (Yorkshire, Geordie, colloquial) simple past tense and past participle of treat

Albanian

Etymology

Variant of tres.

Verb

tret ‎(first-person singular past tense treta, participle tretur)

  1. I dissolve, digest, melt down, lose weight
  2. I throw away

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin tractus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾet/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

tret m ‎(plural trets)

  1. trait
  2. shot (with a gun)

Etymology 2

See treure

Verb

tret

  1. past participle of treure
  2. past participle of traure

Etymology

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