HyperDic: interstate_commerce_commission

English > 1 sense of the expression Interstate Commerce Commission:
NOUNgroupInterstate Commerce Commission, ICCa former independent federal agency that supervised and set rates for carriers that transported / transported goods and people between states
English > Interstate Commerce Commission: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA former independent federal agency that supervised and set rates for carriers that transported / transported goods and people between states; was terminated in 1995.
SynonymICC
Broaderindependent agencyAn agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments

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