single market
noun
economics
: a group of countries that have an agreement which allows goods to be moved, bought, or sold between them very easily
the European Union's single market
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And last April, Enrico Letta published a 147-page report outlining the future of Europe's single market.
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Vilius Kavaliauskas, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
That’s because previous trade deals has allowed the auto industry for decades to operate as if North America was a single market, freely moving parts and vehicles across the borders.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
The anti-cap side recorded a victory last month when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled against limiting a single owner from controlling affiliates of multiple Big Four broadcast networks in a single market.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2025
The sooner a sufficiently large amount of driving data can be collected, the quicker its performance can be analyzed in the hopes it can eventually be approved for use by drivers across Europe’s single market.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 22 July 2025
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Vilius Kavaliauskas, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
That’s because previous trade deals has allowed the auto industry for decades to operate as if North America was a single market, freely moving parts and vehicles across the borders.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
The anti-cap side recorded a victory last month when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled against limiting a single owner from controlling affiliates of multiple Big Four broadcast networks in a single market.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2025
The sooner a sufficiently large amount of driving data can be collected, the quicker its performance can be analyzed in the hopes it can eventually be approved for use by drivers across Europe’s single market.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 22 July 2025
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“Single market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20market. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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