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antitrust

[ an-tee-truhst, an-tahy- ]

adjective

  1. opposing or intended to restrain trusts, monopolies, or other large combinations of business and capital, especially with a view to maintaining and promoting competition:

    antitrust legislation.



antitrust

/ ˌæntɪˈtrʌst /

noun

  1. modifier regulating or opposing trusts, monopolies, cartels, or similar organizations, esp in order to prevent unfair competition


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Word History and Origins

Origin of antitrust1

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; anti- + trust

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Example Sentences

Already, the antitrust committee had released a report urging for sweeping regulatory changes following its 16-month investigation into Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google.

From Fortune

The Justice Department's antitrust suit against Google is a strong, straightforward monopoly case, competition lawyers and experts tell Axios.

From Axios

That preceded the government’s successful antitrust prosecution against the company.

The US Department of Justice and attorneys general from 11 Republican-led states filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google on Tuesday, alleging that the company maintains an illegal monopoly on online search and advertising.

Key to any antitrust case is that the targeted company has used its dominance to harm consumers.

From Fortune

This is naïve: what the owners feared was losing their exemption from antitrust laws.

The report had one definite effect: rumblings about the antitrust exemption ceased.

[M]ost fail to mention that antitrust, the law of competitive marketplaces, is the first area where Bork left his mark.

In the 1950s, antitrust law was a sleepy domain filled with rigid rules and nonsensical results.

As a result, countless millions of Americans and American businesses benefited from a more enlightened approach to antitrust law.

Our agents are assigned about 24 to 25 cases per agent and cover such involved matters as bankruptcy and antitrust cases.

Sterber, Flynn & Chen-Wong will probably be defending antitrust suits till the end of time.

This administration, in addition, will strictly enforce the Federal antitrust laws for the very same purposes.

In my message of a year ago I commented on the necessity of congressional inquiry into the economic action of the antitrust laws.

The appropriation of sufficient funds to permit proper enforcement of the present antitrust laws is essential.

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