antitrust

[ an-tee-truhst, an-tahy- ]

/ ˌæn tiˈtrʌst, ˌæn taɪ- /

adjective

opposing or intended to restrain trusts, monopolies, or other large combinations of business and capital, especially with a view to maintaining and promoting competition: antitrust legislation.

Origin of antitrust

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; anti- + trust

Words nearby antitrust

antitrades, antitragus, antitranspirant, antitreponemal, antitropic, antitrust, antitrust legislation, antitruster, antitrypsin, antitrypsin deficiency, antitryptic

Example sentences from the Web for antitrust

This is naïve: what the owners feared was losing their exemption from antitrust laws.

In Defense of A-Roid |Allen Barra |September 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The report had one definite effect: rumblings about the antitrust exemption ceased.

In Defense of A-Roid |Allen Barra |September 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
[M]ost fail to mention that antitrust, the law of competitive marketplaces, is the first area where Bork left his mark.

Bork Made Your Life Better |Justin Green |December 27, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
In the 1950s, antitrust law was a sleepy domain filled with rigid rules and nonsensical results.

Bork Made Your Life Better |Justin Green |December 27, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

As a result, countless millions of Americans and American businesses benefited from a more enlightened approach to antitrust law.

Bork Made Your Life Better |Justin Green |December 27, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Relief of the railroads from certain restrictions of the antitrust law have been urged by my predecessor and will be urged by me.

United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches |Various
Our agents are assigned about 24 to 25 cases per agent and cover such involved matters as bankruptcy and antitrust cases.

Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
The antitrust law should not be repealed; but it should be made both more efficient and more in harmony with actual conditions.

State of the Union Addresses of Theodore Roosevelt |Theodore Roosevelt
In my message of a year ago I commented on the necessity of congressional inquiry into the economic action of the antitrust laws.

State of the Union Addresses of Herbert Hoover |Herbert Hoover
The Congress has not heretofore made any appropriation for the better enforcement of the antitrust law as it now stands.

State of the Union Addresses of Theodore Roosevelt |Theodore Roosevelt

British Dictionary definitions for antitrust

antitrust

/ (ˌæntɪˈtrʌst) /

noun

(modifier) mainly US regulating or opposing trusts, monopolies, cartels, or similar organizations, esp in order to prevent unfair competition

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noun

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antitrust

adjective

Origin of antitrust

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