general agreement on tariffs and trade

1. 1.

   a United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas

   SynonymsGATT

   BroaderUnited Nations agency

Questions about general agreement on tariffs and trade

What does general agreement on tariffs and trade mean?

general agreement on tariffs and trade means "a United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas".

What is another word for general agreement on tariffs and trade?

Close synonyms include GATT. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is general agreement on tariffs and trade a common word?

general agreement on tariffs and trade is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.