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free trade

–noun
1. trade between countries, free from governmental restrictions or duties.
2. international trade free from protective duties and subject only to such tariffs as are needed for revenue.
3. the system, principles, or maintenance of such trade.
4. Chiefly Scot. smuggling.

Origin:
1600–10


free-trade, adjective
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free trade  
n.  Trade between nations without protective customs tariffs.
free trader n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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free trade

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

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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