interstate commerce commission
2 definitions found
interstate commerce commission - 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]
interstate commerce commission - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
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]
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