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COMBINATION IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust laws of the United States)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("combination in restraint of trade" is a kind of...):
combination (an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes))
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Domain region:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)