FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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

Synonyms:

Federal Trade Commission; FTC

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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)

Credits