Category:Tret

Tret, obs.

Defn: 3d pers. sing. pres. of tread, for treadeth. Chaucer.

Tret Tret, n. Etym: [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.)

Defn: 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.