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most favored nation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables
most -fa-vored -na-tion
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A nation accorded a certain level of treatment in international trade. When a nation A is a most favored nation of another nation, B, then B undertakes not to treat A any less favorably (in terms of taxes, exports, etc.) than any of B's other most favored nations.

Inflected Forms

most favored nations (plural) most favoured nation (alternative)

Phrases

normalised trade relations normalized trade relations normal trade relations trade relations

Frequently Paired Words

normalised trade relations normalized trade relations normal trade relations trade trade relations permanent normalised trade relations permanent normalized trade relations permanent normal trade relations

Synonyms

MFN

Questions

What does most favored nation mean?
A nation accorded a certain level of treatment in international trade. When a nation A is a most favored nation of another nation, B, then B undertakes not to treat A any less favorably (in terms of taxes, exports, etc.) than any of B's other most favored nations.

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