SALT


Meaning of SALT in English

SALT /sɔːlt/ BrE AmE

abbreviation for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks; talks between the US and the former Soviet Union, which aimed to reach agreement about limiting the number of NUCLEAR WEAPON s that each country kept. Two SALT Treaties (=official agreements) were signed: SALT I (1972) and SALT II (1979). ⇨ compare ↑ START

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.