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an agreement or contract between a manufacturer and a retailer to sell a branded or trademarked product at no less than a specific price: legally prohibited after 1975.[1935-40]
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Universalium. 2010.
fair-trade agreement
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fair trade agreement — UK US noun [C] COMMERCE ► an agreement in which a company cannot sell a product for less than the price agreed with the manufacturer. This is illegal in the US and many other countries … Financial and business terms
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fair-trade agreement — noun an agreement (illegal in the United States) between the manufacturer of a trademarked item of merchandise and its retail distributors to sell the item at a price at or above the price set by the manufacturer • Hypernyms: ↑agreement,… … Useful english dictionary
fair-trade agreement — noun Date: 1937 an agreement between a producer and a seller that commodities bearing a trademark, label, or brand name belonging to the producer be sold at or above a specified price … New Collegiate Dictionary
fair-trade — fair trader, n. /fair trayd /, v., fair traded, fair trading, adj. (formerly) v.t. 1. to sell (a commodity) under a fair trade agreement. v.i. 2. to sell a commodity under a fair trade agreement. adj. 3. subject to or resulting from a fair trade… … Universalium
fair-trade — fair′ trade′ v. trad•ed, trad•ing, adj. 1) bus to sell (a commodity) under a fair trade agreement 2) bus subject to or resulting from a fair trade agreement • Etymology: 1940–45 fair′ trad′er, n … From formal English to slang
fair–trade — vt: to market (a commodity) in compliance with the provisions of a fair trade agreement fair trade n fair trader n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
