free trade
/ˌfɹi ˈtreɪd/
free trade noun: international trade without government interference, especially from tariffs or duties on imports.
Noun
free trade (uncountable)
- International trade without government interference, especially from tariffs or duties on imports.
- Near-synonyms: freedom of trade, economic freedom
- Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe.[…]The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18
- Synonyms:
- freedom of trade, economic freedom
- Antonyms:
- trade barrier, barrier to trade, trade war
free trade meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Tagalog and Arabic
free trade in Tamil
- பரி வணிகம், தடையிலா வணிகம், வரிக் கட்டுப் பாடற்ற வணிகம், தடையிலா வாணிபம், தடையில்லா வணிகம், தடையில்லா வியாபாரம்
free trade in Kannada
- ಸುಂಕವಿಲ್ಲದ ವ್ಯಾಪಾರ, ಅನಿರ್ಬಂಧಿತ ವ್ಯಾಪಾರ, ಮುಕ್ತ ವ್ಯಾಪಾರ
free trade in Tagalog
- trade free from government interference
- malayang baliwasan
free trade in Arabic
- trade free from government interference
- تِجَارَة حُرَّة tijāra ḥurra
More languagesFewer languages
- free trade in Malay
- perdagangan bebas
- free trade in Thai
- การค้าเสรี gaan-káa-sěe-rii
- free trade in Vietnamese
- thương mại tự do
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Questions about free trade
- What does free trade mean?
- Free trade means international trade without government interference, especially from tariffs or duties on imports.
- What is free trade in Tamil?
- Free trade in Tamil is பரி வணிகம், தடையிலா வணிகம், வரிக் கட்டுப் பாடற்ற வணிகம். See Free trade meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is free trade?
- Free trade is a noun.
- How do you pronounce free trade?
- Free trade is pronounced /ˌfɹi ˈtreɪd/ (US).
Words near free trade in the dictionary
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