organization of petroleum-exporting countries

1. 1.

   an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum

   SynonymsOPEC

   Broaderworld organizationoil cartel

Questions about organization of petroleum-exporting countries

What does organization of petroleum-exporting countries mean?

organization of petroleum-exporting countries means "an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum".

What is another word for organization of petroleum-exporting countries?

Close synonyms include OPEC. 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 organization of petroleum-exporting countries a common word?

organization of petroleum-exporting countries 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.