fair-trade

¹

[fair-treyd]

verb (used with object)

fair-traded, fair-trading 

1. to sell (a commodity) under a fair-trade agreement.

verb (used without object)

fair-traded, fair-trading 

1. to sell a commodity under a fair-trade agreement.

adjective

1. subject to or resulting from a fair-trade agreement.

   fair-trade items; fair-trade prices.

fair trade

²

noun

1. trade carried on under a fair-trade agreement.

fair trade

noun

1. 1. the practice of directly benefiting producers in the developing world by buying straight from them at a guaranteed price

   2. ( as modifier )

      fair-trade coffee

Other Word Forms

• fair-trader noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of fair-trade¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Origin of fair-trade²

First recorded in 1715–25