horizontal agreement

horizontal agreement definition - finance
An agreement among competitors to cooperate among themselves to provide goods or services to their customers. Horizontal agreements can trigger antitrust violations because competitors may be making agreements that restrict competition.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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