fair-trade act

Definitions of fair-trade act
  1. noun
    formerly a state law that protected manufacturers from price-cutting by allowing them to set minimum retail prices for their merchandise; eliminated by the United States Congress in 1975
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    type of:
    legislative act, statute
    an act passed by a legislative body
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