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noun
trade between countries, free from governmental restrictions or duties.
international trade free from protective duties and subject only to such tariffs as are needed for revenue.
the system, principles, or maintenance of such trade.
Chiefly Scot. smuggling.
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Origin of free trade

First recorded in 1600–10

OTHER WORDS FROM free trade

free-trade, adjectiveprefree-trade, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for free trade

free trade

noun
international trade that is free of such government interference as import quotas, export subsidies, protective tariffs, etcCompare protection (def. 3)
archaic illicit trade; smuggling
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Cultural definitions for free trade

free trade

Unrestricted trade among nations without government tariffs or customs duties on imports.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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