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  • 11market — n. store, shop 1) a fish; food market; hypermarket (BE); meat; open air market; supermarket 2) at a market (to shop at the market) place where trade is conducted 3) a stock market 4) a flea; open; overseas; spot market 5) on a market (to buy oil… …

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  • 12market — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 place where people go to buy and sell things ADJECTIVE ▪ open air, outdoor, street ▪ covered, indoor (both esp. BrE) ▪ cattle, fruit and vegetabl …

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  • 13monopolize — [[t]mənɒ̱pəlaɪz[/t]] monopolizes, monopolizing, monopolized (in BRIT, also use monopolise) 1) VERB If you say that someone monopolizes something, you mean that they have a very large share of it and prevent other people from having a share. [V n] …

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  • 14monopolize — verb 1) the company has monopolized the market Syn: corner, control, take over, gain control/dominance over; archaic engross 2) he monopolized the conversation Syn: dominate, take over; informal hog 3) she monopolized the guest of honor …

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  • 15monopolize — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. engross, absorb, appropriate, corner. See attention. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. engross, acquire, exclude, own exclusively, absorb, consume, manage, have, hold, corner, cartelize, syndicate, restrain …

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  • 16monopolize — v 1. gain exclusive control of, corner the market of; appropriate, take control of, own; control, dominate, rule over, reign over, exercise control over; keep all to oneself, Sl. hog, Sl. bogart. 2.(all of a person s time) absorb, occupy, fill,… …

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  • 17Monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force — The monopoly on the legitimate use of violence ( Gewaltmonopol des Staates , also known as monopoly on legitimate violence and monopoly on violence) is the definition of the state expounded by Max Weber in Politics as a Vocation , and has been… …

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  • 18monopolize — verb Monopolize is used with these nouns as the object: ↑market …

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  • 19monopolize — mo|nop|o|lize also monopolise BrE [məˈnɔpəlaız US ˈna: ] v [T] 1.) to have complete control over something so that other people cannot share it or take part in it ▪ The company has monopolized the soft drinks market. ▪ He monopolized the… …

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  • 20Industrial Workers of the World — Infobox Union name= IWW country= International affiliation= members= 2,000/900 (2006) 100,000 (1923) full name= Industrial Workers of the World native name= founded= 1905 current= head= dissolved date= dissolved state= merged into= office=… …

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