Definition of "laissez-faire" []

• Alternative form of laissez faire. (noun)

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• "The era that deserves most to be associated with the term "laissez-faire" coincided with the classical gold standard of 1881-1914, when the industrialized world based its financial system on gold, a metal of essentially inelastic supply."
• "Even early in the book, there are signs that politics isn't Mr. Raban's forte, as when he describes the federal government's practice of subsidizing timber companies rather than regulating them with the term "laissez-faire.""
• "The full range of ideas and reforms Morris introduced, from the bank to the repeal of tender laws, can be readily bound together under the rubric of laissez-faire, free market economics."