FETTER


Meaning of FETTER in English

verb

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

The industry is fettered by debt.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Any attempt to stifle or fetter such criticism amounts to political censorship of the most insidious and objectionable kind.

Imaginations fettered by today's highly successful orthodoxy will break free.

In fact, kids often tend to have a less fettered, more honest view of the world around them.

It could fetter the independence of the judiciary.

It is a personal agreement between shareholders which does not fetter the company in the exercise of its statutory powers.

The advisers need to ensure that the obligations do not fetter the company's powers in any way.

The words of the Insolvency Act 1986 do not fetter the court's discretion in any way.

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