free market

noun
an economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies.

free-mar·ket, adjective
free marketeer, noun
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free market
 
n
a.  an economic system that allows supply and demand to regulate prices, wages, etc, rather than government policy
 b.  (as modifier): a free-market economy

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free market definition


The production and exchange of goods and services without interference from the government or from monopolies.

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Example sentences
If this isn't true then both democracy and the free market are a joke.
And for its part, the commercial sector can finally act as one would expect in
  a free market: by innovating and cutting costs.
But here's the great thing about the free market: you get to choose.
But otherwise these games are as much a part of the free market as anything
  else.
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