Definitions of free trade [ˈfriˌtaʊn]

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Definition of 'free trade'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) free trade
international trade free from protective duties and quotas and subject only to such tariffs as are needed for revenue.

Etymology: (1815–25)

Definition of 'free trade'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) free trade
international trade free of government interference

Definitions of 'free trade'

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. free trade
the name given to the commercial policy of England, first elaborately set forth with cogent reasoning by Adam Smith in his "Wealth of Nations," and of which the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 was the first step towards its adoption. Strictly used, the term is applicable only to international or foreign trade, and signifies a policy of strict non-intervention in the free competition of foreign goods with home goods in the home markets. Differential duties, artificial encouragements (e. g. bounties, drawbacks), to the home producer, all of which are characteristic of a protective system of trading, are withheld, the belief being entertained by free-traders that the industrial interests of a country are best served by permitting the capital to flow into those channels of trade into which the character and resources of the country naturally dispose it to do, and also by bringing the consumer as near as possible to the cheapest producer. But it is not considered a violation of the Free Trade principles to impose a duty for revenue purposes on such imported articles as have no home competitor, e. g. tea.

Translation of 'free trade'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: trade with foreign countries without customs duties, taxes etc.
Afrikaans: vrye mark handel	Arabic: تِجارَه حُرَّه	Bulgarian: свободна търговия
Brazilian: mercado livre	Czech: volný obchod	German: der Freihandel
Danish: frihandel	Greek: ελεύθερο εμπόριο	Spanish: libre mercado, libre camb
Estonian: vabakaubandus	Farsi: تجارت آزاد	Finnish: vapaakauppa
French: libre-échange	Hebrew: סַחַר חוֹפשִׁי	Hindi: मुक्त व्यापार
Croatian: slobodna trgovina (bez ca	Hungarian: szabad kereskedelem	Indonesian: perdagangan bebas
Icelandic: frjáls verslun	Italian: libero scambio	Japanese: 自由貿易
Korean: 자유 무역	Lithuanian: laisva prekyba	Latvian: brīvā tirdzniecība
Malay: perdagangan bebas	Dutch: vrijhandel	Norwegian: frihandel
Polish: wolny handel	Persian: تجارت آزاد	Pashto: ازاده سوداګړی
Portuguese: mercado livre	Romanian: comerţ liber	Russian: свободная торговля
Slovak: voľný obchod	Slovenian: svobodna trgovina	Serbian: slobodna trgovina
Swedish: frihandel	Thai: การค้าเสรี	Turkish: serbest ticaret
Taiwanese: 自由貿易	Ukrainian: вільна торгівля	Urdu: بلا پابندی بین الاقوامی ت
Vietnamese: mậu dịch tự do	Chinese: 自由贸易
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