COMPETITION COMMISSION, THE


Meaning of COMPETITION COMMISSION, THE in English

Competition Commission, the BrE AmE

a UK organization whose job is to examine cases where two companies plan to ↑ merge (=join together to form a larger company) , and to decide whether this would be bad for other businesses and for ordinary customers. The organization replaced the Monopolies and Mergers Commission in 1999.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.