free market
an economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies.
Other words from free market
- free-market, adjective
- free marketeer, noun
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How to use free market in a sentence
The wing of the GOP that favors corporate business over free markets has gleefully worked against union interests at every turn.
The Conservative Case for Unions After the Harris v. Quinn Decision | James Poulos | July 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSmith made clear that civil societies with laws and governments were necessary to create the pre-conditions for free markets.
If nothing else, these findings suggest a wavering of faith in free markets.
She supports limited government, free markets, low taxes, and our Constitution.
Sarah Palin’s Battleground Book Tour for ‘Good Tidings and Great Joy’ | David Freedlander | November 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST"Fundamentally admirable and certainly benign" is the way most Democrats nowadays think of free markets.
In spite, however, of the action of the government, popular feeling ran high against free markets.
Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) | John MorleyPoland, having developed extremely important manufacturing industries, requires large free markets for their output.
But through low tax rates and free markets they've soared ahead of centralized economies.
In every region, free markets and free trade and free societies are proving their power to lift lives.
We will work for free markets, free trade and freedom from oppression.
British Dictionary definitions for free market
an economic system that allows supply and demand to regulate prices, wages, etc, rather than government policy
(as modifier): a free-market economy
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Cultural definitions for free market
The production and exchange of goods and services without interference from the government or from monopolies.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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