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.

Origin of free trade

First recorded in 1600–10

OTHER WORDS FROM free trade

free-trade, adjective pre·free-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, etc Compare protection (def. 3)
archaic illicit trade; smuggling

Cultural definitions for free trade

free trade

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