English Dictionary: Tret | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tret \Tret\, obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of {Tread}, for treadeth. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tret \Tret\, n. [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. |