Definition of Federal trade commission

1. Noun. An independent agency of the United States federal government that maintains fair and free competition; enforces federal antitrust laws; educates the public about identity theft.

Exact synonyms: Ftc
Generic synonyms: Independent Agency
Terms within: Office Of Inspector General, Oig

Lexicographical Neighbors of Federal Trade Commission

Federal Judiciary
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Federal Party
Federal Protective Service
Federal Republic of Germany
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve note
Federal Security Bureau
Federal Security Service
Federal Trade Commission
Federal soldier
Federalist Party
Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Federated States of Micronesia
Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Federative Republic of Brazil
Federer
Fedlimid mac Daill
Fedspeak
Fedzilla
Feejee
Feejeean
Feejeeans
Feer's disease

Literary usage of Federal trade commission

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Trust Problem by Jeremiah Whipple Jenks, Walter Ernest Clark (1917)
"To carry out the provisions of the act, the federal trade commission, ... The federal trade commission, as established by this act of September, 1914, ..."

2. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General by M. Joycelyn Elders (1997)
"federal trade commission. Trade regulation rule for the prevention of unfair or ... federal trade commission. Report to Congress: pursuant to the Federal ..."

3. The New Competition: An Examination of the Conditions Underlying the Radical by Arthur Jerome Eddy (1915)
"The commis- 1 First members of federal trade commission: Joseph E. Davies, Chairman, Edward N. Hurley of Illinois, William J. Harris of Washington, DC, ..."

4. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1921)
"The federal trade commission, 461 — Sec. 9. Economic problems have outrun political capacity for dealing with them, 463. § 1. Attempts at combination and ..."

5. The Law of Trademarks, Tradenames and Unfair Competition: Including Trade by James Love Hopkins (1917)
"AX ACT to create a federal trade commission, to define its powers and duties, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of ..."

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