Tret

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tret \Tret\, obs.
     3d pers. sing. pres. of {Tread}, for treadeth. --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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.
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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  TRET, weights and measures. An allowance made for the water or dust that may 
  be mixed with any commodity. It differs from tare. (q.v.)