interprovincial
- adjective
- /ˌɪntərprəˈvɪnʃəl/
:
interprovincial
- The government has estimated that interprovincial barriers to trade add $6.5 billion in costs to the Canadian economy each year.
- interprovincial trade
- interprovincial barriers
Examples
-
In addition to these massive costs, barriers to interprovincial trade also prevent interprovincial competition between firms.
Academic text (1993) -
While a constitutional solution does not seem likely, it was recently announced that the federal Finance Minister would meet with his provincial counterparts to determine strategies to eliminate interprovincial barriers to trade.
Academic text (1993) -
It will also immediately apply to interprovincial and international trade in personal information, where the information is sold.
Academic text (1999) -
This has been a difficulty in achieving interprovincial harmonization in Canada.
Academic text (1993) -
This would have led to a reduction in or the elimination of interprovincial trade barriers and substantial savings to the Canadian economy.
Academic text (1993) -
In a similar manner, there could be pressure in Canada to reduce the many interprovincial barriers that to date have prevented the full integration of the Canadian economy and marketplace.
Academic text (1991) -
There are quite extraordinary restrictions on labor movement, provision of services, and sales of goods across interprovincial borders in Canada; much more restrictive than those between Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
Academic text (1996) -
In other words, in Canada, because of the way that our interprovincial trade barriers work, you could find a perverse situation where Ontario treats an American and a Mexican better than it treats somebody from Alberta.
Academic text (1996) -
The meeting focused on improving interprovincial cooperation between various provinces.
-
This interprovincial transportation can reduce costs for businesses operating in multiple regions.
Synonyms
1
4.8
Happening between two or more areas
1
4.0
Relating to two or more states within the same country
How Wide
∞
2.1
∞
2.0
37
5.6
141
4.2
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
interprovincial = provincial (transparent) = inter + province + ial
The adjective is formed by adding the productive prefix 'inter-' (between) to 'provincial', yielding 'between provinces' in an intuitively compositional way.
Etymology
Interprovincial combines inter- meaning 'between' and province meaning 'a region or area'. So interprovincial describes something that happens 'between' provinces, like travel, trade, or roads that connect regions.