Search Result for "interstate_commerce_commission":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


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]
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]