free market
See also: free-market
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌfɹi ˈmɑɹkət/, /ˈfɹi ˈmɑɹkət/
Noun
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
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Related terms
- free-market
- free marketeer
- free marketeering
Translations
competitive market where buyers and sellers can operate without restrictions
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See also
- market economy
Further reading
- free market on Wikipedia.Wikipedia