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an·ti·trust
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ˌæn
tiˈtrʌst, ˌæn
taɪ-
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an-tee-
truhst
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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:
1885–90,
Americanism;
anti-
+
trust
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antitrust
(ˌæntɪˈtrʌst)
—
n
chiefly
(
US
) (
modifier
) regulating or opposing trusts, monopolies, cartels, or similar organizations, esp in order to prevent unfair competition
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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antitrust
also anti-trust, 1890, U.S., from anti- + trust in the economic sense (see
trust
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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