OPEC

OPEC is defined as an abbreviation for Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which is a union of oil producing countries that regulate the amount of oil each country is able to produce.

(abbreviation)

An example of OPEC members are Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq.

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See OPEC in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries: an association of major oil-producing nations which seeks to control crude-oil prices by setting production limits for each member nation

See OPEC in American Heritage Dictionary 4

abbreviation
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

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