free market
noun
an economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies.
free marketeer
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a word derived from
free market.
Example Sentences
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Zhu became premier in 1998 and swiftly lived up to his reputation as a hard-hitting free marketeer.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
“You are not as government interfering in the marketplace. You are counteracting the anti-competitive effects of a cartel. Even if you are a free marketeer, it is fair game to knock down anti-competitive, cartel-driven practices.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2022
Or as Mr. Littlewood — the frustrated Southampton fan and free marketeer — put it, “If you’re going to infringe on the freedom of a Brit, you better have a good reason to do so.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2022
As the now banned Holden Caulfield might say,:"You're not a real free marketeer, you're a phony."
From The Guardian ● Jun. 3, 2014
Prodded by Treasury Secretary George Shultz, an ardent free marketeer, they proposed a new laissez-faire farm policy that would abandon some price supports and reduce other subsidies.
From Time Magazine Archive
