Phrase guide

free trade

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˌfɹi ˈtreɪd/
  • US: /ˈfɹi ˈtreɪd/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

International trade without government interference, especially from tariffs or duties on imports.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: freedom of trade, economic freedom

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: freedom of trade, economic freedom

Antonyms: trade barrier, barrier to trade, trade war

2

noun

Meaning 2

international trade free of government interference

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: trade

Narrower terms: North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تِجَارَة حُرَّة (tijāra ḥurra) — trade free from government interference
  • Catalan: lliure comerç — trade free from government interference
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自由貿易 /自由贸易 (zìyóu màoyì) — trade free from government interference
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自貿 /自贸 (zìmào) — trade free from government interference
  • Danish: frihandel — trade free from government interference
  • Dutch: vrijhandel — trade free from government interference
  • Finnish: vapaakauppa — trade free from government interference
  • French: libre-échange — trade free from government interference
  • Georgian: თავისუფალი ვაჭრობა (tavisupali vač̣roba) — trade free from government interference
  • German: Freihandel — trade free from government interference
  • Greek: ελεύθερο εμπόριο (eléfthero empório) — trade free from government interference
  • Hungarian: szabadkereskedelem — trade free from government interference
  • Icelandic: frjáls verslun — trade free from government interference
  • Irish: saorthrádáil — trade free from government interference
  • Italian: libero scambio — trade free from government interference
  • Japanese: 自由貿易 (jiyū-bōeki) — trade free from government interference
  • Kazakh: еркін сауда (erkın sauda) — trade free from government interference
  • Korean: 자유 무역 (jayu muyeok) — trade free from government interference
  • Malay: perdagangan bebas — trade free from government interference
  • Norwegian Bokmål: frihandel — trade free from government interference
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: frihandel — trade free from government interference
  • Polish: wolny handel — trade free from government interference
  • Portuguese: livre comércio — trade free from government interference
  • Portuguese: comércio livre — trade free from government interference
  • Russian: свобо́дная торго́вля (svobódnaja torgóvlja) — trade free from government interference
  • Russian: беспо́шлинная торго́вля (bespóšlinnaja torgóvlja) — trade free from government interference
  • Spanish: comercio libre — trade free from government interference
  • Spanish: libre comercio — trade free from government interference
  • Swedish: frihandel — trade free from government interference
  • Tagalog: malayang baliwasan — trade free from government interference
  • Thai: การค้าเสรี (gaan-káa-sěe-rii) — trade free from government interference
  • Vietnamese: thương mại tự do — trade free from government interference
  • Volapük: lelivated — trade free from government interference