antitrust
adj/ˌæntiˈtɹʌst/
Etymology From anti- + trust.
1
Law Opposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts (monopolies), usually referring to legislation.
- The regulators used antitrust laws to block the merger, believing it would eliminate competition.
- If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast’s status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry.2014 March 15, “Turn it off”, in The Economist, volume 410, number 8878, archived from the original on 18 May 2020:
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- When a rival meatpacker filed an antitrust lawsuit to block the deal, the Reagan administration intervened on the side of Cargill.2022 January 15, Binyamin Appelbaum, “Building a Better Meatpacking Industry”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2022:
- Derived terms
- antitruster
- Related terms
- antimonopoly