stand treat

verb

To pay the cost of treating someone to something.

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Meanings

verbstand treat (third-person singular simple present stands treat, present participle standing treat, simple past and past participle stood treat)

present singular third person stands treat · participle present standing treat · participle past stood treat · past stood treat

  1. archaicidiomaticTo pay the cost of treating someone to something.

    Is "standing treat" a sale of liquor? Certainly to the "treator," but is it a sale to the "treatee"?

    1888, Albert Gibson, Robert McLean, Law Notes, volume 7, page 131
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    An ordinary Australian of the locality would have […] said Yes or No to the price asked, and, as a preliminary to doing business, would have stood the needy seller treat. Mark had to stand treat himself, and had to take Jock out to inspect the plant.

    1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter V, in Capricornia, page 62
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