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fair trade
noun
trade carried on under a fair-trade agreement.
Origin:
1715–25
1715–25
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verb (used with object)
1.
to sell (a commodity) under a fair-trade agreement.
verb (used without object)
2.
to sell a commodity under a fair-trade agreement.
adjective
3.
subject to or resulting from a fair-trade agreement: fair-trade items; fair-trade prices.
Origin:
1940–45
1940–45
Related forms
fair-trad·er, noun
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World English Dictionary
| fair trade | |
| —n | |
| a. the practice of directly benefiting producers in the developing world by buying straight from them at a guaranteed price | |
| b. (as modifier): fair-trade coffee | |
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Example sentences
Free and fair trade agreements can help us create the kind of pro-jobs, pro-growth economy that will lift our nation up.
Encourage your family to hand out candy made with organic sugar or fair trade chocolate.
Fair trade production of surface ornamentation on garments and textiles.
Their chocolate is organic and about to be certified fair trade, blah blah blah.
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