Speakur

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restraint of trade

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables
re-strain-t of -trade
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An agreement that prevents fair competition on the open market, such as an agreement by one party to hire a second party to work within a profession on the condition that the second party will not compete against the first.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

restraints of trade (plural)

Questions

What does restraint of trade mean?
An agreement that prevents fair competition on the open market, such as an agreement by one party to hire a second party to work within a profession on the condition that the second party will not compete against the first.

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