Federal Trade Commission (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An independent agency of the United States federal government that maintains fair and free competition; enforces federal antitrust laws; educates the public about identity theft
Synonyms:
Federal Trade Commission; FTC
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Federal Trade Commission" is a kind of...):
independent agency (an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments)
Meronyms (parts of "Federal Trade Commission"):
Office of Inspector General; OIG (the investigative arm of the Federal Trade Commission)