fair trade
noun [U] (also fairtrade)Definition
› a way of buying and selling products that makes certain that the people who produce the goods receive a fair price: Fair trade, say Oxfam, is about giving poor people power. fair trade coffee/chocolateBusiness and commerce - general words fairly traded adverb › fairly traded bananasBusiness and commerce - general words
(Definition of fair trade noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- appointment noun (JOB)
- B2B
- B2C
- big business noun (POPULAR)
- Bros. noun
- burn rate noun
- clearing house noun
- deal verb (DO BUSINESS)
- dealings noun
- devolution noun
- devolve sth to sb phrasal verb
- fetch verb (SELL)
- mass market noun
- offshore adjective
- private adjective (NOT OFFICIAL)
- privately adverb (NOT OFFICIAL)
- restrictive trade practice noun
- see the colour of sb's money idiom
- sell-off noun
- tender noun (OFFER)
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