free market

See also: free-market

English[edit]

free market (plural free markets)

(economics) Any market in which trade is unregulated by government; an economic system free from government intervention.
- 2021 March 10, Christian Wolmar, “Integrated transport: A lot is said but little is being done”, in RAIL, number 926, page 50:
  The very notion of 'integrated transport' has always appalled the free market instincts of the Conservatives, and still does.
Synonym: open market

competitive market where buyers and sellers can operate without restrictions

Catalan: mercat lliure m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 自由市場 (zh), 自由市场 (zh) (zìyóu shìchǎng), 公開市場, 公开市场 (gōngkāi shìchǎng)
Czech: volný trh m
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: vapaa markkina, avoin markkina
French: libre marché m
Georgian: თავისუფალი ბაზარი (tavisupali bazari), ღია ბაზარი (ɣia bazari)
German: freie Markt f
Greek: ελεύθερη αγορά (el) f (eléftheri agorá)
Hebrew: שוק חופשי‎