monopoly

  • 11monopoly — [n] something held, owned exclusively cartel, consortium, copyright, corner, holding, oligopoly, ownership, patent, pool, possessorship, proprietorship, syndicate, trust; concept 710 Ant. distribution, jointownership, scattering, sharing …

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  • 12Monopoly — This article is about the economic term. For the board game, see Monopoly (game). For other uses, see Monopoly (disambiguation). Competition law Basic concepts …

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  • 13Monopoly —  Pour l’article homophone, voir Monopoli. Monopoly jeu de société …

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  • 14Monopoly — No debe confundirse con Monopoli. Monopoly Tablero de Monopoly en juego, con sus billetes, fichas, hoteles y tarjetas …

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  • 15monopoly — Absolute control of all sales and distribution in a market by one firm, due to some barrier to entry of other firms, allowing the firm to sell at a higher price than the socially optimal price. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * monopoly… …

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  • 16monopoly — 01. On March 12th, 1930, Mahatma Gandhi began a 300 mile journey to protest against a British law establishing a [monopoly] in producing salt in India. 02. No culture has a [monopoly] on morality or justice. There are stupid, lying people… …

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  • 17monopoly — noun 1 control by one company ADJECTIVE ▪ effective, near, virtual ▪ absolute (esp. AmE), total ▪ government, state …

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  • 18monopoly — monopoloid, adj. /meuh nop euh lee/, n., pl. monopolies. 1. exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices. Cf. duopoly, oligopoly. 2. an exclusive privilege to… …

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  • 19monopoly — n. 1) to establish, gain a monopoly 2) to have, hold a monopoly 3) to break (up) a monopoly 4) a government, state monopoly 5) a monopoly of, on, over 6) (misc.) to play Monopoly (T) * * * [mə nɒp(ə)lɪ] gain a monopoly hold a monopoly on …

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  • 20monopoly — mo|nop|o|ly [məˈnɔpəli US məˈna: ] n plural monopolies [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: monopolium, from Greek, from mono ( MONO ) + polein to sell ] 1.) if a company or government has a monopoly of a business or political activity, it has… …

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