Meaning of stand treat | Babel Free

Definitions

To pay the cost of treating someone to something.

archaic, idiomatic

Examples

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

“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.”

CEFR level