open door

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open door

1. Unhindered opportunity; free access.

2. Admission to all on equal terms.

3. A policy whereby a nation trades with all other nations on equal terms.

open-door (

n-dôr

, -d

) adj.

open door

1. (Business / Commerce) a policy or practice by which a nation grants opportunities for trade to all other nations equally

2. free and unrestricted admission

adj open-door

1. open to all; accessible

2. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) designating a policy of management being prepared to talk to workers in the office at any time

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Noun	1.	open door - the policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries open-door policy national trading policy, trade policy - a government's policy controlling foreign trade
	2.	open door - freedom of access; "he maintained an open door for all employees" door - anything providing a means of access (or escape); "we closed the door to Haitian immigrants"; "education is the door to success"

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