antitrust
pronunciation
How to pronounce antitrust in British English:
UK [ˌæntiˈtrʌst]
How to pronounce antitrust in American English:
US [ˌæntiˈtrʌst, ˌæntaɪ-]
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- Adjective:
- of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices
Word Origin
- antitrust (adj.)
- also anti-trust, 1890, U.S., from anti- + trust (n.) in the economic monopoly sense.
Example
- 1. And google now faces three new government antitrust investigations .
- 2. Agreements that inhibit that movement , antitrust officials said , restrains not only labor but also the pace of innovation .
- 3. Rivals might respond with antitrust suits .
- 4. Further down the line there is antitrust .
- 5. Two trends have intersected in antitrust .