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Oxford https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/free_market https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/free_market

• Retric 9y ago
  That's a simplified version, the actual oxford dictionary is not free online and should look like this: http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/52325 http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/52325 Between them you have : http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095834371 http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.201... 1 A market that is free from government interference, prices rising and falling in accordance with supply and demand. 2 A security that is widely traded on a stock exchange, there being sufficient stock on offer for the price to be uninfluenced by availability. 3 A foreign-exchange market that is free from influence on rates by governments, rates being free to rise and fall in accordance with supply and demand. So, I can see why that was used, but it's not definitive.