Definitions for fair trade
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
fair′ trade′(n.)
trade carried on under a fair-trade agreement.
Category: Business
fair′-trade′(v.; adj.)-trad•ed, -trad•ing
(v.t.)to sell (a commodity) under a fair-trade agreement.
Category: Business
(adj.)subject to or resulting from a fair-trade agreement.
Category: Business
Origin of fair-trade:
1940–45
fair′-trad′er(n.)
Wiktionary
fair trade(Noun)
A system of trading promoting more equitable global trade, especially to sellers and producers in poorer areas, but also to the environment.
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