English Explanatory Dictionary

beggar-thy-neighbor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. An economic policy that favors domestic interests at greater total cost to the economies of trading partners.

Word forms

beggar-thy-neighbor

Etymology

From beggar-my-neighbor (“a card game”).

Synonyms

protectionist mercantilist
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