nafta

1. 1.

   an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico; became effective in 1994 for ten years

   SynonymsNorth American Free Trade Agreement

   Broaderfree trade

Other forms of nafta

plural

naftas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nafta

What does nafta mean?

nafta means "an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico; became effective in 1994 for ten years".

How many syllables are in nafta?

nafta has 2 syllables: naf-ta. The stress falls on "naf". In IPA it is /ˈnæftə/.

What is another word for nafta?

Close synonyms include North American Free Trade Agreement. 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 nafta a common word?

nafta is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.