diff --git a/types/wyt/index.d.ts b/types/wyt/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for wyt 1.3
+// Project: https://github.com/maxkueng/wyt
+// Definitions by: Emily Marigold Klassen <https://github.com/forivall>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 2.1
+
+export = wyt;
+
+/**
+ * @param turnsPerInterval The number of turns that can be taken within a
+ * certain interval.
+ * @param interval The interval within which `turnsPerInterval` can be executed.
+ *
+ * @returns a function `(turns?: number) => Promise<number>` that can be called
+ * before before requesting a rate-limited resource (i.e. wait for its turn) in
+ * order to not exceed the limit.
+ */
+declare function wyt(turnsPerInterval: number, interval: number): wyt.WaitTurn;
+
+declare namespace wyt {
+    /**
+     * @param turns (default=1) The number of turns that will be taken at the
+     * same time. You can not await more turns at the same time as
+     * `turnsPerInterval`.
+     *
+     * @returns a promise `Promise<number>` that will resolve with the time
+     * waited as soon as another turn can be taken. If more than
+     * `turnsPerInterval` are requested at the same time the promise will
+     * reject.
+     */
+
+    type WaitTurn = (turns?: number) => Promise<number>;
+}
diff --git a/types/wyt/tsconfig.json b/types/wyt/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "wyt-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/wyt/tslint.json b/types/wyt/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }
diff --git a/types/wyt/wyt-tests.ts b/types/wyt/wyt-tests.ts
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+import wyt = require('wyt');
+
+// Extracted from wyt's readme.
+
+(async () => {
+/**
+ * The ticket desk can handle 2 customers per 1000 milliseconds.
+ */
+const waitTurn = wyt(2, 1000);
+
+// $ExpectType number
+await waitTurn();
+
+// $ExpectType number
+await waitTurn(2);
+
+// $ExpectType number
+await waitTurn(3);
+// UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection (rejection id:2):
+//   Error: Turns can not be greater than the number of turns per interval
+})();