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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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