Meaning of TRET
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\Tret\, obs.
3d pers. sing. pres. of {Tread}, for treadeth. --Chaucer.
\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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