white market
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of white market
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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“We basically subsidize our white market with our black market,” said the cultivator, who agreed to speak with The Associated Press only on condition of anonymity to avoid possible prosecution.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2022
"The black markets supply a lot of pharmaceutical products before they are out on the white market," he said.
From Reuters ● Mar. 29, 2013
Key feature: a kind of Government-sanctioned black market or, in the words of policy planners, a "white market."
From Time Magazine Archive
Any rationing plan adopted today would probably be a "white market" systern; coupons would be transferable, and people who did not need all their coupons could legally sell them to those who did.
From Time Magazine Archive
No longer was there a white market for their savage wares; but there was still a sufficient incentive for the taking of Numa--alive.
From Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
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