private treaty — ➔ treaty * * * private treaty UK US noun [C or U] ► LAW, PROPERTY a legal agreement in which something, especially land or property, is sold directly to the person who wants to buy it: »The site will be sold by private treaty at a fixed price or… … Financial and business terms
private treaty — n: a sale of property on terms determined between the buyer and the seller got better prices by private treaty than his neighbors did at auction Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
private treaty — noun Date: 1858 a sale of property on terms determined by conference of the seller and buyer compare auction … New Collegiate Dictionary
private treaty — a property sale based on terms resulting from a conference between buyer and seller. [1855 60] * * * … Universalium
private treaty — noun a sale of property at a price agreed on by the seller and buyer without an intervening agency • Hypernyms: ↑selling, ↑merchandising, ↑marketing … Useful english dictionary
treaty — treat‧y [ˈtriːti] noun treaties PLURALFORM [countable] 1. a formal agreement between two countries or governments: • The US Taiwan trade treaty is still valid, despite the ending of diplomatic ties. comˌmercial ˈtreaty ECONOMICS an agreement on… … Financial and business terms
treaty — trea·ty n pl treaties [Anglo French treté, from Middle French traité, from Medieval Latin tractatus, from Latin, handling, treatment, from tractare to treat, handle] 1: the action of treating and esp. of negotiating 2: an agreement or arrangement … Law dictionary
private — pri‧vate [ˈpraɪvt] adjective [only before a noun] 1. private property, businesses, activities etc are owned or paid for by people and companies, rather than the government: • They transferred ownership of thousands of companies from the state to … Financial and business terms
treaty — 1) Any formal agreement in writing between nations. A commercial treaty relates to trade between the signatories. 2) A transaction in which a sale is negotiated between the parties involved (by private treaty) rather than by auction. 3) An… … Big dictionary of business and management
Number of Agreements for Sale and Purchase of Building Units — The Number of Agreements for Sale and Purchase of Building Units (住宅及非住宅樓宇買賣合約統計數字) is a turnover statistic provided by the Land Registry of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Sales of residential units refer to private treaty sale and… … Wikipedia