antitrust

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ trust.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæntiˈtɹʌst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

antitrust (not comparable)

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.

   • 2014 March 15, “Turn it off”, in The Economist, volume 410, number 8878:

     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.

Derived terms

• antitruster

 

Translations

opposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts

• Catalan: antimonopolista
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反托拉斯的 (fǎn tuōlāsī de), 反壟斷的／反垄断的 (fǎn lǒngduàn de)

• Czech: antimonopolní, protimonopolní
• Finnish: kartellien vastainen
• French: antitrust (fr) m or f, antimonopolistique (fr) m or f
• Galician: antimonopolio m or f
• Greek: αντιτράστ (el) (antitrást)
• Indonesian: antimonopoli
• Italian: antimonopolio m or f
• Malay: antitras
• Polish: antymonopolowy (pl)
• Portuguese: antitruste, antitrust (pt) (Brasil)
• Spanish: antimonopolio, antimonopolista

See also

• antimonopoly

French

Etymology

From anti- +‎ trust.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

antitrust (plural antitrusts)

1. antitrust

Further reading

• “antitrust”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈtɾɐs.t͡ʃi/, /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈtɾɐst͡ʃ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈtɾɐs.t͡ʃi/, /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈtɾɐst͡ʃ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈtɾɐʃ.t͡ʃi/, /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈtɾɐʃt͡ʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈtɾɐst͡ʃ/, /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈtɾɐs.t͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.tiˈtɾɐʃt/

Adjective

antitrust (invariable)

1. Alternative form of antitruste

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English antitrust.

Adjective

antitrust m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. antitrust

Declension

Declension of antitrust (invariable)

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	antitrust		antitrust	antitrust	antitrust
	definite	—		—	—	—
genitive/ dative	indefinite	antitrust		antitrust	antitrust	antitrust
	definite	—		—	—	—