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ANTITRUST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does antitrust mean?
• ANTITRUST (adjective)
The adjective ANTITRUST has 1 sense:
1. of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices
Familiarity information: ANTITRUST used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices
Synonyms:
antimonopoly; antitrust
Similar:
fair; just (free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules)
Context examples
State laws, as well as the nation's antitrust laws, may allow Doctors of Chiropractic to utilize ancillary health care procedures commonly referred to as being in the common domain.
(Doctor of Chiropractic, NCI Thesaurus)
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