A group of countries imposing few or no duties on trade with one another, and a common tariff on trade with countries not in the group. Cf. customs…

A business ‘ring’. U.S.

A combination of capitalists or financiers entered into for the purpose of prosecuting a scheme requiring large resources of capital, esp. one having…

Business. A common fund from which backing is provided, esp. for speculation on financial markets; the contributors involved in this. Also: an…

Chiefly U.S. spec. A group of people who monopolize and control a particular trade, market, auction, etc., as by buying or selling at agreed price…

A trade association or combination, esp. of shipping companies. Also attributive.

Originally in Germany: an agreement or association between two or more business houses for regulating output, fixing prices, etc.; also, the…

a trading company which possesses the whole of, or a controlling interest in, the share capital of one or more other companies.

an association of traders formed to control prices in their industry; a cartel.

a group of nations (or occasionally other political units) united by a trade agreement or agreements.

A group of nations united or associated for a particular purpose, as for trade, defence, etc.