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restraint of trade

interruption of the free movement of goods in commerce; restriction or prevention of business competition, as by monopoly, price fixing, etc.

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noun pl. restraints of trade

An action or condition that tends to prevent free competition in business, as the creation of a monopoly or the limiting of a market.

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