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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

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• 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.

• FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

"Strike while the iron is hot."
(English proverb)
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."
(Maimonides)
"Lamb in the spring, snow in the winter."
(Armenian proverb)
"Misery enjoys company."
(Dutch proverb)

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