antitrust
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌæntiˈtɹʌst/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Adjective
antitrust (not comparable)
- (law) Opposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts (monopolies), usually referring to legislation.
- The regulators used antitrust laws to block the merger, believing it would eliminate competition.
- 2014 March 15, “Turn it off”, in The Economist, volume 410, number 8878:
- If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast’s status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry.
Derived terms
Translations
opposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts
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See also
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “antitrust”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈtɾɐs.t͡ʃi/, /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈtɾɐst͡ʃ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈtɾɐʃ.t͡ʃi/, /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈtɾɐʃt͡ʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈtɾɐst͡ʃ/, /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈtɾɐs.t͡ʃi/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌɐ̃.tiˈtɾɐʃt/
Romanian
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