tractation

English

Etymology

From Latin tractatio.

Noun

tractation

1. (obsolete) treatment or handling of a subject; discussion
   • 1619, Joseph Hall, Via media, The Way of Peace:

     a full tractation of the points controverted

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “tractation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• attraction

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tractātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁak.ta.sjɔ̃/

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• Rhymes: -jɔ̃

Noun

tractation f (plural tractations)

1. (often in the plural) negotiation

   Synonym: négociation

Related terms

• traiter

Further reading

• “tractation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.