single market
noun
economics
: a group of countries that have an agreement which allows goods to be moved, bought, or sold between them very easily
the European Union's single market
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In April, the Council of the European Union released a report, prepared by former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta, on reforming the single market.
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Erik Jones, Foreign Affairs, 13 Jan. 2025
The cap limits the reach of any one broadcaster to 39% of the U.S. Station owners also hope for an easing of the broadcast duopoly rule, a reg limiting the number of stations a company can own in a single market.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 26 Dec. 2024
Every single market, thousands of them, are different.
—Roger Valdez, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
In 2023, antitrust regulators conducted unannounced inspections into a number of undisclosed companies in several countries of the 27-member bloc to investigate business practices that could lead to fragmentation in the single market.
—Lily Templeton, WWD, 28 Nov. 2024
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Erik Jones, Foreign Affairs, 13 Jan. 2025
The cap limits the reach of any one broadcaster to 39% of the U.S. Station owners also hope for an easing of the broadcast duopoly rule, a reg limiting the number of stations a company can own in a single market.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 26 Dec. 2024
Every single market, thousands of them, are different.
—Roger Valdez, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
In 2023, antitrust regulators conducted unannounced inspections into a number of undisclosed companies in several countries of the 27-member bloc to investigate business practices that could lead to fragmentation in the single market.
—Lily Templeton, WWD, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Single market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20market. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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