What is a free market?

"Free-Market"
https://www.capitalism.org/markets/free-market/

"The free market is an economic system based on supply and demand with little or no government control."
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/freemarket.asp

"In economics, a free market is a system in which the prices for goods and services are self-regulated by the open market and by consumers. In a free market, the laws and forces of supply and demand are free from any intervention by a government or other authority, and from all forms of economic privilege, monopolies and artificial scarcities."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_market

"Free market, an unregulated system of economic exchange, in which taxes, quality controls, quotas, tariffs, and other forms of centralized economic interventions by government either do not exist or are minimal."
https://www.britannica.com/topic/free-market

"A free market is a type of economic system that is controlled by the market forces of supply and demand, as opposed to one regulated by government controls. It is opposite on the spectrum to a command economy, where a central government agency plans the factors of production and use of resources and sets prices."
https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/knowledge/economics/free-market/

"In planned economies, or command economies, the government controls the means of production and the distribution of wealth, dictating the prices of goods and services and the wages workers receive. In a free market economy, the law of supply and demand, rather than a central government, regulates production and labor. Companies sell goods and services at the highest price consumers are willing to pay while workers earn the highest wages companies are willing to pay for their services. A purely capitalist economy is a free market economy; the profit motive drives all commerce and forces businesses to operate as efficiently as possible to avoid losing market share to competitors."
https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/040915/what-are-some-examples-free-market-economies.asp

"The U.S. free market depends on capitalism to thrive. The law of demand and supply sets prices and distributes goods and services."
https://www.thebalance.com/america-is-not-really-a-free-market-economy-3980689

"A free market is an economic system in which the prices of goods and services are determined by market forces, i.e. supply and demand, rather than government controls, a price-setting monopoly, or some other authority. It is the same as an open market.

It contrasts with a regulated market, or command economy, where the government intervenes in supply and demand and does not let the market find its own way freely."
https://marketbusinessnews.com/financial-glossary/free-market/amp/

"Capitalist system and free market system are economic environments where supply and demand are the main factors of price and production of goods and services. While the two economic systems, the Free Market and Capitalism, are based on the law of supply and demand, both systems have different characteristics. Capitalism is an economic system based on ownership of the factors of production and free market system is an economic system based especially on demand and supply."
https://pediaa.com/difference-between-free-market-and-capitalism/

"an economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies."
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/free-market