COMBINATION IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does combination in restraint of trade mean? 

• COMBINATION IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE (noun)
  The noun COMBINATION IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE has 1 sense:

1. (law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust laws of the United States)

  Familiarity information: COMBINATION IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMBINATION IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust laws of the United States)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("combination in restraint of trade" is a kind of...):

combination (an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes))

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)