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noun

trade carried on under a fair-trade agreement.

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Origin of fair trade

First recorded in1715–25

Words nearby fair trade

fair sex, fair shake, fair-spoken, fair territory, fair to middling, fair trade, fair-trade agreement, fair-trade law, fair use, Fairview, Fairview Heights

Other definitions for fair trade (2 of 2)

fair-trade

[ fair-treyd ]

/ ˈfɛərˈtreɪd /

(formerly)

verb (used with object), fair-trad·ed, fair-trad·ing.

to sell (a commodity) under a fair-trade agreement.

verb (used without object), fair-trad·ed, fair-trad·ing.

to sell a commodity under a fair-trade agreement.

adjective

subject to or resulting from a fair-trade agreement: fair-trade items; fair-trade prices.

Origin of fair-trade

First recorded in 1940–45

OTHER WORDS FROM fair-trade

fair-trader, noun

How to use fair trade in a sentence

Over the years, this social activism has given rise to specific demands for corporate social responsibility, sustainability, ethical consumerism, fair trade and conscious capitalism.
How the socially conscious consumer is shifting from niche to mainstream|Vericast|September 13, 2021|Digiday
From traditional artisanal rum to the country’s first fair trade cocoa business, Haiti is building a new farm future rooted in its own traditions.
The Joy Of Idle Living|Sohini Das Gupta|August 29, 2021|Ozy
These luxury sheets are also fair trade certified, which means farmers and other workers get paid two to three times the industry standard.
Best sheets: Choose the right bed linens for a good night’s sleep|Carsen Joenk|December 18, 2020|Popular-Science
Whole Foods is getting its organic, non-GMO, fair trade, locally sourced lunch eaten.
Whole Foods Is Getting Its Organic Lunch Eaten|Daniel Gross|May 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

For some citizens, the presence of spending money plus the narcotic of nationalism is enough to make this seem a fair trade.
Market Leninism vs. the West|John Avlon|March 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It encourages its well-heeled customers to pay extra for “fair trade” coffee.
Starbucks’ Effort to Solve the Fiscal Cliff Probably Won’t Work|Daniel Gross|December 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Is a gold ring a fair trade for 20 years of exhilarating post-collegiate freedom, adventure and growth?
Give Up on Mr. Perfect?|Liesl Schillinger|February 1, 2010|DAILY BEAST
And you call that a fair trade,—your old worn coat and a forty-cent watch for his nice new coat his mother made?
Mothering on Perilous|Lucy S. Furman
Again, in his next chapter he specifies “Fair Trade” as the first of the “things that we must do to be saved.”
Are we Ruined by the Germans?|Harold Cox
The same epithet is used in the phrases “a fine day” and “fine irony,” in “fair trade” and “a fair goddess.”
Style|Walter Raleigh
If there were a licensed poison-shop in London, they'd do a very fair trade on Sundays.'
The Whirlpool|George Gissing
I got her in fair trade from her people, who were of the Coast and whose Chilcat totem stood at the head of a salt arm of the sea.
The God of His Fathers|Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for fair trade

fair trade

noun

the practice of directly benefiting producers in the developing world by buying straight from them at a guaranteed price
(as modifier)fair-trade coffee

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fair trade

Origin of fair trade

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Other definitions for fair trade (2 of 2)

Origin of fair-trade

OTHER WORDS FROM fair-trade

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How to use fair trade in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for fair trade