laissez-faire
noun/ˌleseɪ ˈfeə(r)/
/ˌleseɪ ˈfer/
[uncountable] (from French)- the policy of allowing private businesses to develop without government controlTopics Moneyc2Word OriginFrench, literally ‘allow to do’.
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