Interstate Commerce Commission

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Interstate Commerce Commission
    n 1: a former independent federal agency that supervised and set
         rates for carriers that transported goods and people
         between states; was terminated in 1995; "the ICC was
         established in 1887 as the first federal agency" [syn:
         {Interstate Commerce Commission}, {ICC}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

interstate commerce commission \in"ter*state` com"merce
com*mis"sion\, n.
   The governmental commision charged with making and enforcing
   regulations concerning interstate commerce. [U. S.]
   [PJC]

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