free market

noun

: an economy operating by free competition

Examples of free market in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Matt Sharp, senior counsel with the ADF, told the Statesman that his organization believes banks and credit card companies have prevented a free market for consumers who lose an account for ideological or religious reasons. Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 3 Apr. 2024 The antitrust lawsuit filed by the Justice Department and 16 attorneys general is the latest government claim that several Big Tech giants — Apple, Amazon, Google and Meta — leverage their popular products to squash free market competition. Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024 In the 1980s, his work was fundamental to the global shift toward free markets. Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2024 The only sustainable long-term solution is restoring free markets, limiting government intervention, and holding post-secondary institutions accountable for their students’ outcomes. Brian Curcio, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024 The argument that government planning, not free markets, can help the environment ignores history and reality. Andrew Follett, National Review, 26 Mar. 2024 The Chinese government’s drive for control and self-reliance has intensified in recent years, but the long-term pattern is consistent: Beijing has always clogged free markets to protect its political interests and promote its own corporate champions. Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2024 To his many fans, Reagan was a sunny, optimistic figure who celebrated America's free markets, openness to trade, and generous immigration policies and wanted to spread its democratic model to the rest of the world. CBS News, 23 Mar. 2024 By embracing commonsense investing principles within the framework of the free market, state and federal legislators will help advance policies capable of meeting the changing needs and expectations of the American people and driving sustainable economic growth. Carlos Curbelo, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1642, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of free market was in 1642

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“Free market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20market. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

free market

noun
: an economic market operating by free competition
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