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.
Translations
opposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts
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See also
French
Pronunciation
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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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