voluntary export restraint
1voluntary export restraint — UK US noun [C] (ABBREVIATION VER, also voluntary export restriction, voluntary restraint agreement) COMMERCE ► an agreement between two countries that limits the number of goods of a particular type that one of the countries can sell to the other …
2Voluntary Export Restraint - VER — A trade restriction on the quantity of a good that an exporting country is allowed to export to another country. This limit is self imposed by the exporting country. Typically, VERs are a result of requests made by the importing country to… …
3voluntary Export Restraint — (VER) In relation to Japanese manufacturers exporting to Canada (no longer in effect) …
4voluntary export restriction — UK US noun [C] COMMERCE ► VOLUNTARY EXPORT RESTRAINT(Cf. ↑voluntary export restraint) …
5Voluntary Export Restraints — A voluntary export restraint (VER) is a restriction set by a government on the quantity of goods that can be exported out of a country during a specified period of time. Often the word voluntary is placed in quotes because these restraints are… …
6Export Restraint — See Voluntary Export Restraint …
7voluntary restraint agreement — ➔ agreement * * * voluntary restraint agreement UK US noun [C] (ABBREVIATION VRA) COMMERCE ► VOLUNTARY EXPORT RESTRAINT(Cf. ↑voluntary …
8restraint of trade — ► COMMERCE an illegal agreement that damages someone s ability to do business: »Any contract which interferes with the free exercise of his trade or business is a contract in restraint of trade. → See also PRICE RESTRAINT(Cf. ↑price restraint),… …
9restraint — A device used to halt the movement of something. See head restraint child restraint system passive restraint system rear head restraints supplementary inflatable restraint voluntary Export Restraint …
10restraint — noun 1 limit/control on sth ADJECTIVE ▪ voluntary ▪ agreements on voluntary export restraints ▪ conventional ▪ What happens when the conventional restraints on human cruelty are removed? ▪ …
