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free market

American  

noun

  1. an economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies.

free market British  

noun

    1. an economic system that allows supply and demand to regulate prices, wages, etc, rather than government policy

    2. ( as modifier )

      a free-market economy
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
free market Cultural  

  1. The production and exchange of goods and services without interference from the government or from monopolies.

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Korsgaden has a free market approach that involves establishing a New Business Division in the insurance department to encourage more carriers with more diverse products to enter the market.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Armstrong, and others in the crypto world, say the free market should reign and that banks can simply pay higher interest rates to compete with stablecoins or get into the stablecoin business themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

So the advisory firms arose from a free market to offer them analysis.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026

And while Beijing funds these developments centrally, in the US it is a messy but productive free market free for all, which means trial and error on an epic scale.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

Private enterprise was supposed to build an industrial duty-free port in Bolivia Mar. Thus far the free market has not accepted the challenge.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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