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FAIR-TRADE ACT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fair-trade act mean? 

FAIR-TRADE ACT (noun)
  The noun FAIR-TRADE ACT has 1 sense:

1. formerly a state law that protected manufacturers from price-cutting by allowing them to set minimum retail prices for their merchandise; eliminated by the United States Congress in 1975play

  Familiarity information: FAIR-TRADE ACT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FAIR-TRADE ACT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Formerly a state law that protected manufacturers from price-cutting by allowing them to set minimum retail prices for their merchandise; eliminated by the United States Congress in 1975

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("fair-trade act" is a kind of...):

legislative act; statute (an act passed by a legislative body)


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