free trade

noun

: trade based on the unrestricted international exchange of goods with tariffs used only as a source of revenue

Examples of free trade in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The two sides already have a sweeping free trade agreement, known as CETA, that eliminated most tariffs. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026

Both maps were used at the Berlin Africa Conference of 1884-85 to determine the boundaries of free trade zones in the Congo and Niger river basins. — Thomas J Bassett, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026

Yet throughout his Presidency, Obama largely continued Clinton’s embrace of free trade. — Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2026

The first generation to grow up with free trades on their phones is treating the election as a market event. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1766, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for free trade

• afraid
• allayed
• arcade
• arrayed
• assayed
• barmaid
• betrayed
• blockade
• bridesmaid
• brigade
• brocade
• buffeted

Kids Definition

free trade

noun

: trade between nations without restrictions (as high taxes on imports)