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1. (n.) monopoly
exclusive control of a commodity or service that makes possible the manipulation of prices.
2. monopoly
the exclusive possession or control of something.
3. monopoly
something that is the subject of such control, as a commodity or service.
4. monopoly
a company or group that has such control.
5. monopoly
the market condition that exists when there is only one seller.
Etymology: (1525–35; < L monopōlium < Gk monopṒlion=mono-mono - +-pōlion, der. of pōleîn to sell)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) monopoly
(economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller
"a monopoly on silver"; "when you have a monopoly you can ask any price you like"
2. (noun) monopoly
exclusive control or possession of something
"They have no monopoly on intelligence"
3. (noun) Monopoly
a board game in which players try to gain a monopoly on real estate as pieces advance around the board according to the throw of a die
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) monopoly
the exclusive power, or privilege of selling a commodity; the exclusive power, right, or privilege of dealing in some article, or of trading in some market; sole command of the traffic in anything, however obtained; as, the proprietor of a patented article is given a monopoly of its sale for a limited time; chartered trading companies have sometimes had a monopoly of trade with remote regions; a combination of traders may get a monopoly of a particular product
2. (noun) monopoly
exclusive possession; as, a monopoly of land
3. (noun) monopoly
the commodity or other material thing to which the monopoly relates; as, tobacco is a monopoly in France
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Sense: the sole right of making or selling something etc
This firm has a local monopoly of soap-manufacturing.
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 Afrikaans: monopolie |
 Arabic: إحْتِكار |
 Bulgarian: монопол |
 Brazilian: monopólio |
 Czech: monopol |
 German: das Monopol |
 Danish: monopol; -monopol |
 Greek: μονοπώλιο |
 Spanish: monopolio |
 Estonian: monopol |
 Farsi: انحصار فروش |
 Finnish: monopoli |
 French: monopole |
 Hebrew: מוֹנוֹפּוֹל |
 Hindi: एकाधिकार |
 Croatian: monopol |
 Hungarian: monopólium |
 Indonesian: monopoli |
 Icelandic: einokun; einkaleyfi |
 Italian: monopolio |
 Japanese: 独占 |
 Korean: 독점 |
 Lithuanian: monopolis |
 Latvian: monopols |
 Malay: monopoli |
 Dutch: momnopolie |
 Norwegian: monopol, enerett |
 Polish: monopol |
 Persian: انحصار فروش |
 Pashto: په انحصار خرڅونه |
 Portuguese: monopólio |
 Romanian: monopol |
 Russian: монополия |
 Slovak: monopol |
 Slovenian: monopol |
 Serbian: monopol |
 Swedish: monopol, ensamrätt |
 Thai: ระบบผูกขาด |
 Turkish: tekel |
 Taiwanese: 壟斷 |
 Ukrainian: монополія |
 Urdu: کسی کاروبار ر بلا شرکت غی |
 Vietnamese: độc quyền |
 Chinese: 垄断 |
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