monopolistic
1monopolistic — mo‧nop‧o‧lis‧tic [məˌnɒpəˈlɪstɪk◂ ǁ məˌnɑː ] adjective ECONOMICS controlling or trying to control an industry or business activity completely by not allowing other companies to compete fairly: • monopolistic market conditions • Unfair… …
2Monopolistic — Mo*nop o*lis tic (m[ o]*n[o^]p [ o]*l[i^]s t[i^]k), a. Of or pertaining to a monopolist. North Am. Rev. [1913 Webster] …
3monopolistic — (adj.) 1858; see MONOPOLY (Cf. monopoly) + ISTIC (Cf. istic) …
4monopolistic — adjective Acting in the manner of a monopoly. The antitrust laws try to prevent monopolistic behavior. See Also: oligopolistic …
5monopolistic — mo|nop|ol|is|tic [məˌnɔpəˈlıstık US ˌna: ] adj controlling or trying to control an industry or business activity completely ▪ The company wants to maintain its monopolistic position …
6monopolistic — [[t]mənɒ̱pəlɪ̱stɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you refer to a business or its practices as monopolistic, you mean that it tries to control as much of an industry as it can and does not allow fair competition …
7monopolistic — adjective controlling or trying to control something completely, especially an industry or business activity: monopolistic corporations …
8Monopolistic competition in international trade — Monopolistic competition models are used under the rubric of imperfect competition in International Economics. This model is a derivative of the monopolistic competition model that is part of basic economics. Here it is tailored to international… …
9monopolistic organization — index trust (combination of businesses) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
10Monopolistic competition — Short run equilibrium of the firm under monopolistic competition. The firm maximizes its profits and produces a quantity where the firm s marginal revenue (MR) is equal to its marginal cost (MC). The firm is able to collect a price based on the… …
