free trade
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
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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
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