FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Dictionary entry overview: What does Federal Trade Commission mean? • FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION (noun)
The noun FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION (noun)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Federal Trade Commission; FTC
Hypernyms ("Federal Trade Commission" is a kind of...):
independent agency (an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments)
Meronyms (parts of "Federal Trade Commission"):
Office of Inspector General; OIG (the investigative arm of the Federal Trade Commission)
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