the Federal Trade Commission
noun (abbreviation the FTC) COMMERCE, GOVERNMENTDefinition
› a US government organization that is responsible for preventing unfair or dishonest business activities: The Federal Trade Commission is considering opening its own investigation into several businesses involved in data collection. → Compare Office of Fair Trading
(Definition of the Federal Trade Commission noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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