/ Dictionary / Index T Tea Act: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Tea' Act" Pronunciation: [key] — Amer. Hist. Amer. Hist. an act of the British Parliament (1773) that created a monopoly unfair to American tea merchants: the chief cause of the Boston Tea Party. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. tea tea bag Related Content Daily Word Quiz: soporific Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language