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fair-trade Definition

fair·-trade (fer′trād′)

adjective

☆ designating or of an agreement whereby a seller undertakes to charge no less than the minimum price set by a manufacturer on a specified trademarked or brand-name commodity: most U.S. states no longer permit such agreements

transitive verb -·trad′ed, -·trad′ing

to sell (a commodity) under such an agreement

fair-trade Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • rum: She doesn't just drink rum, she drinks fair-trade rum!
  • coffee: Instead there will be an influx of organic meals and snacks, fair-trade coffee and subsidized low-fat, low-sugar alternatives.
  • chocolate: The Happy Hippo Chocolate truffles, handmade using fair-trade chocolate.
  • product: Roddy: To say that where possible we ask college to use fair-trade products.
  • food: Over the past three years, consumption of fair-trade foods in the UK has more than doubled.
  • good: Our main target is the vending machines, as increasing access to fair-trade goods allows students to decide easier how their chocolate is made.