antitrust
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌæntiˈtɹʌst/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]antitrust (not comparable)
- (law) Opposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts (monopolies), usually referring to legislation.
- The regulators used antitrust laws to block the merger, believing it would eliminate competition.
- 2014 March 15, “Turn it off”, in The Economist, volume 410, number 8878:
- If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast’s status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]opposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts
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See also
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Adjective
[edit]antitrust (plural antitrusts)
Further reading
[edit]- “antitrust”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
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Adjective
[edit]antitrust (invariable)
- Alternative form of antitruste
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English antitrust.
Adjective
[edit]antitrust m or f or n (indeclinable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of antitrust (invariable)
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