Meanings
plural trustifications
- countableuncountableThe formation of a trust to hold and manage something, especially one that has monopolistic control.
Let me repeat that this Bill is a definite link in the international trustification of public credit.
1933, New Zealand. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates - Volume 236, page 8644 more examples
On the other hand certain forms of amalgamation have been tempting enough to foster a sort of trustification which may not have been justified by the existing conditions of competition.
2013, Hermann Levy, Industrial Germany, →ISBNUnder the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, and even more under Taft, new proceedings were started, this time against trustifications through holding companies.
2014, A.B. Levy, Private Corporations and their Control - Part 1, →ISBN, page 150The appeal of trustification, for example, was limited by cultural and sociopolitical considerations.
2015, Gerald D. Feldman, Iron and Steel in the German Inflation, 1916-1923, →ISBN, page 38...there has of late been a tendency towards a much more pronounced amalgamation and trustification in industry.
2018, Hermann Levy, The New Industrial System, →ISBN
Origin
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