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free market

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌfree ˈmarket noun [countable]  BBTan economic system in which prices are not controlled by the government 自由市场 a free market economy 自由市场经济
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free marketa free-market economyFurthermore, former Communist bureaucrats, transformed into free market operators, are in many cases already running the new privatized enterprises.There has been no free market in residential property since the early years of this century.People are also seeing the effects of eleven years of Mrs. Thatcher's free market experiment.Certainly, the free market is not free of problems.The party converted to the free market with a zeal that out-Thatchered Thatcher and out-Reaganed Reagan.
From Longman Business Dictionaryfree marketˌfree ˈmarket [singular]ECONOMICS a system of buying and selling that is not under the control of the government, and where people can buy and sell freely, or an economy where free markets exist, and most companies and property are not owned by the stateThe tasks included creating free markets for labor and goods, and transferring ownership of thousands of companies from the state to the private sector. market
ˌfree ˈmarket nounChineseSyllable
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free market
ˌfree ˈmarket noun [countable]
an economic system in which prices are not controlled by the government:
    a free market economy


free marketBrE /ˌfriː ˈmɑːkɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌfriː ˈmɑːrkɪt/ 🔊 nounan economic system in which the price of goods and services is affected by supply and demand rather than controlled by a government 自由市场She was a supporter of the free market economy. 她是自由市场经济的拥护者。🔊🔊