antitrust
/ˌæntiˈtɹʌst/
antitrust adjective: opposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts (monopolies), usually referring to legislation.
Adjective
antitrust (not comparable)
- Opposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts (monopolies), usually referring to legislation.
- The regulators used antitrust laws to block the merger, believing it would eliminate competition.
- If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast’s status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry.2014 March 15, “Turn it off”, in The Economist, volume 410, number 8878, archived from the original on 18 May 2020
antitrust meaning in Bengali, Punjabi, Nepali and Malay
antitrust in Bengali
- অ্যান্টিট্রাস্ট
antitrust in Punjabi
- ਐਂਟੀਟ੍ਰੈਸਟ, ਐਂਟੀਟ੍ਰੈੱਸਟ
antitrust in Nepali
- एन्टिट्रस्ट, एन्टीट्रस्ट
antitrust in Malay
- opposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts
- antitras
More languagesFewer languages
- antitrust in Indonesian
- antimonopoli
Examples of antitrust in a sentence
- The antitrust laws try to prevent monopolistic behavior.
- It is perhaps superfluous to belabor the extent, cost and unpunishment of antitrust crime.
- Under existing antitrust doctrine, there are four distinct legal theories that could be used to target these antirepair policies.
Origin of antitrust
From anti- + trust.
Words formed from antitrust
Questions about antitrust
- What does antitrust mean?
- Antitrust means opposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts (monopolies), usually referring to legislation.
- What is antitrust in Bengali?
- Antitrust in Bengali is অ্যান্টিট্রাস্ট. See Antitrust meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is antitrust?
- Antitrust is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce antitrust?
- Antitrust is pronounced /ˌæntiˈtɹʌst/.
Words near antitrust in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: antitrust (page history and authors); antitrust (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); antitrust (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); antitrust (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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