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PRONUNCIATION OF TRUSTBUSTER

trustbuster  [ˈtrʌstˌbʌstə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRUSTBUSTER

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Trustbuster is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TRUSTBUSTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

trustbuster

Competition law

Competition law is law that promotes or seeks to maintain market competition by regulating anti-competitive conduct by companies. Competition law is implemented through Public and Private Enforcement Competition law is known as antitrust law in the United States and anti-monopoly law in China and Russia. In previous years it has been known as trade practices law in the United Kingdom and Australia. The history of competition law reaches back to the Roman Empire. The business practices of market traders, guilds and governments have always been subject to scrutiny, and sometimes severe sanctions. Since the 20th century, competition law has become global. The two largest and most influential systems of competition regulation are United States antitrust law and European Union competition law. National and regional competition authorities across the world have formed international support and enforcement networks. Modern competition law has historically evolved on a country level to promote and maintain fair competition in markets principally within the territorial boundaries of nation-states.

Definition of trustbuster in the English dictionary

The definition of trustbuster in the dictionary is a person who seeks the dissolution of corporate trusts, esp a federal official who prosecutes trusts under the antitrust laws.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TRUSTBUSTER


antifilibuster
ˌæntɪˈfɪlɪˌbʌstə
Augusta
ɔːˈɡʌstə
blockbuster
ˈblɒkˌbʌstə
bonkbuster
ˈbɒŋkˌbʌstə
broncobuster
ˈbrɒŋkəʊˌbʌstə
buster
ˈbʌstə
cluster
ˈklʌstə
combustor
kəmˈbʌstə
crime-buster
ˈkraɪmˌbʌstə
duster
ˈdʌstə
filibuster
ˈfɪlɪˌbʌstə
gangbuster
ˈɡæŋˌbʌstə
luster
ˈlʌstə
lustre
ˈlʌstə
middlebuster
ˈmɪdəlˌbʌstə
muster
ˈmʌstə
robusta
rəʊˈbʌstə
sodbuster
ˈsɒdˌbʌstə
stressbuster
ˈstrɛsˌbʌstə
tankbuster
ˈtæŋkˌbʌstə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TRUSTBUSTER

trust deed
trust fund
trust hospital
trust hotel
trust tavern
trust territory
Trust Territory of New Guinea
trustability
trustable
trustafarian
trustbusting
trusted
trustee
trustee account
trustee in bankruptcy
trustee investment
Trustee Savings Bank
trusteeship
Trusteeship Council
truster

WORDS THAT END LIKE TRUSTBUSTER

adjuster
Auster
baluster
bluster
claims adjuster
cropduster
exhauster
faster
fluster
globular cluster
insurance adjuster
jouster
knuckle-duster
lackluster
loss adjuster
ouster
pass muster
Schuster
supercluster
thruster
truster

Synonyms and antonyms of trustbuster in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «trustbuster» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TRUSTBUSTER

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The translations of trustbuster from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «trustbuster» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

trustbuster
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

trustbuster
570 millions of speakers

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trustbuster
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

trustbuster
380 millions of speakers
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trustbuster
280 millions of speakers

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trustbuster
278 millions of speakers

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trustbuster
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trustbuster
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

trustbuster
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Trustbuster
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

trustbuster
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

trustbuster
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

trustbuster
85 millions of speakers

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Singgah
85 millions of speakers
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trustbuster
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

trustbuster
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ट्रस्टबस्टर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

trustbuster
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

trustbuster
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trustbuster
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

trustbuster
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

trustbuster
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

trustbuster
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

trustbuster
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

trustbuster
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

trustbuster
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of trustbuster

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TRUSTBUSTER»

The term «trustbuster» is used very little and occupies the 183.313 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TRUSTBUSTER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about trustbuster

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRUSTBUSTER»

Discover the use of trustbuster in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to trustbuster and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Memoirs of a Trustbuster: A Lifelong Adventure With Japan
Eleanor Hadley was a woman ahead of her time.
Eleanor M. Hadley, 2002
2
Rebooting the American Dream: 15 Ways to Rebuild Our Country
Trustbuster. This is only the second time in American history that we've faced such a concentration of wealth and power, of business and money, and of the political control that flows from it; and this is the first time it's been extended to the retail ...
Thom Hartmann, 2011
3
Cengage Advantage Books: The American Pageant, Volume 2: ...
TRUSTBUSTER. Taft managed to gain some fame as a smasher of monopolies. The ironic truth is that the colorless Taft brought 90 suits against the trusts during his 4 years in office, as compared with some 44 for Roosevelt in 7% years.
David Kennedy, Lizabeth Cohen, 2013
4
The Rise of the Corporate Economy
Government: trustbuster. or. promoter? The function of the state is not to preserve the competitive system. J. H. JONES, Social Economics (1920), p. 192. rag. If the rationalizers were to succeed in persuading their fellow businessmen to adopt ...
Leslie Hannah, 2013
5
Cengage Advantage Books: The American Pageant
TRUSTBUSTER. Taft managed to gain some fame as a smasher of monopolies. The ironic truth is that the colorless Taft brought 90 suits against the trusts during his 4 years in office, as compared with some 44 for Roosevelt in 7% years.
David Kennedy, Lizabeth Cohen, 2013
6
The Brief American Pageant: A History of the Republic, ...
Taft. the. Trustbuster. By fateful happenstance the most sensational judicial actions during the. Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt 475 Taft: A Round Peg in a Square Hole The Dollar Goes Abroad as a Diplomat Taft the Trustbuster.
David Kennedy, Lizabeth Cohen, Mel Piehl, 2011
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The American Pageant: Volume II: Since 1865
Trustbuster. Taft managed to gain some fame as a smasher of monopolies. The ironic truth is that the colorless Taft brought 90 suits against the trusts during his 4 years in office, as compared with some 44 for Roosevelt in 7% years. By fateful ...
David Kennedy, Lizabeth Cohen, Thomas Bailey, 2008
8
A Companion to Theodore Roosevelt
... assertion of his independence in economic policy in resurrecting the Sherman Law reflected, in the broadest sense, TR's concern for the state of the nation. Business power had risen to such an extent that people were fearful The Trustbuster.
Serge Ricard, 2011
9
Cengage Advantage Books: American Pageant, Volume 2: Since 1865
TRUSTBUSTER. Taft managed to gain some fame as a smasher of monopolies. The ironic truth is that the colorless Taft brought 90 suits against the trusts during his 4 years in office, as compared with some 44 for Roosevelt in 71⁄2 years.
David Kennedy, Lizabeth Cohen, 2010
10
Cracking the SAT Chemistry Subject Test
You may have learned in school that Teddy Roosevelt was a "trustbuster." You might not know what trusts are, how he busted them, why he wanted to bust them, or why anyone cares if trusts get busted. But if you learned to associate the name  ...
Theodore Silver, 2005

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRUSTBUSTER»

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US trustbuster delivers transatlantic smackdown
The Justice Department's Bill Baer stressed to London listeners the need to divorce politics from antitrust. American competition policy hasn't been immune from ... «Breakingviews, Jun 15»
2
Rob Cox: EU's new trustbuster begins with a bang
Margrethe Vestager isn't wasting any time. Just months after becoming the European Union's competition chief, the Danish politician moved beyond her ... «Breakingviews, Apr 15»
3
Trustbuster raids offices of two largest supermarkets
The trustbuster refused to confirm or deny this, only stating that it was continuing to investigate suspicions that dairy monopoly Tnuva had violated regulations ... «Haaretz, May 14»
4
Trustbuster, environmentalist, police reformer and patriot: why Teddy …
He now invokes the Republican President, Theodore Roosevelt, who was a believer in “trustbusting” to challenge vested interests. Eventually, someone may ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 14»
5
The year of leading from behind
The creation of an autonomous trustbuster that could curb the dominance of Telmex, the telecoms giant controlled by Carlos Slim, a multibillionaire, and of ... «The Economist, Nov 13»
6
Travis Kalanick: The Transportation Trustbuster
San Francisco. I walk to the security desk in the lobby of what could be any of this city's downtown office buildings filled with lawyers, architects and finance firms. «Wall Street Journal, Jan 13»
7
Barack Obama, trustbuster?
President Barack Obama borrowed a tool from Teddy Roosevelt to prevent American companies from gouging consumers: a big stick. Just ask Apple, Google, ... «Politico, Aug 12»
8
Trustbuster frowning on bids by Ofer, Livnat to buy Eilat port
After Gilo made his ruling, the Government Companies Authority told the two groups they needed to contact the trustbuster to receive permission to take part in ... «Haaretz, Feb 12»
9
Sandy Litvack, a dogged trustbuster in pursuit of Google
Sandy Litvack, a dogged trustbuster in pursuit of Google. Google and Yahoo are already familiar names. But soon, hired gun Sandy Litvack may be too, should ... «CNET News, Sep 08»

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