third country
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.09 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, country. A country other than two specific countries, especially a country not party to an agreement between two other countries.
noun
A country not party to a particular treaty in general.
Example Sentences
- "The produce and manufactures of the dominions and possessions of Her Britannic Majesty which may be imported into the Zollverein, and the produce and manufactures of the States of the Zollverein which may be imported into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, whether intended for consumption, warehousing, re-exportation, or transit, shall therein be treated in the same manner as, and in particular shall be subject to no higher or other duties than, the produce and manufactures of any third country the most favoured in those respects."
- "No other or higher duties shall be levied in the Zollverein on the exportation of any goods to the dominions and possessions of Her Britannic Majesty, nor in the dominions and possessions of Her Britannic Majesty on the exportation of any goods to the Zollverein, than are or may be levied on the exportation of the like goods to any third country the most favoured in that respect."
- "The treaty concluded not long since between Spain and Portugal does assure to each of the two countries the concession made to a third one, but it is entirely powerless to force this third country to grant to Portugal the concessions which it makes to Spain"
- "The Customs duties on parcels which have to be sent back to the country of origin or redirected to a third country shall be cancelled both in the United Kingdom and in Chile."
- "The consent of that Government shall likewise be required for the extradition of accused to a third country ; nevertheless, such consent shall not be necessary when the accused shall have asked of his own accord to be tried or to undergo his punishment, or when lie shall not have left within the space of time above specified the territory of the country to which he has been surrendered."
- "No consignment of any of the substances covered by the present Convention which is exported from one country to another country shall be permitted to pass through a third country, whether or not it is removed from the ship or conveyance in which it is being conveyed, unless the copy of the export authorisation (or the diversion certificate, if such a certificate has been issued in pursuance of the following paragraph) which accompanies the consignment is produced to the competent authorities of that country."