Definitions for cartel
kɑrˈtɛlcar·tel

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. trust, corporate trust, combine, cartelnoun

   a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service

   "they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cartelnoun

   A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.

2. cartelnoun

   A combination of political groups (notably parties) for common action

3. cartelnoun

   A written letter of defiance or challenge.

4. cartelnoun

   An official agreement concerning the exchange of prisoners.

5. cartelnoun

   A ship used to negotiate with an enemy in time of war, and to exchange prisoners.

6. Etymology: From cartel, from cartello, diminutive of carta, from charta.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cartelnoun

   A writing containing, for the most part, stipulations between enemies.

   Etymology: cartel, Fr. cartello, Ital.

   As this discord among the sisterhood is likely to engage them in a long and lingring war, it is the more necessary that there should be a cartel settled among them. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.

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1. Cartel

   A cartel is a group of independent market participants who collude with each other in order to improve their profits and dominate the market. Cartels are usually associations in the same sphere of business, and thus an alliance of rivals. Most jurisdictions consider it anti-competitive behavior and have outlawed such practices. Cartel behavior includes price fixing, bid rigging, and reductions in output. The doctrine in economics that analyzes cartels is cartel theory. Cartels are distinguished from other forms of collusion or anti-competitive organization such as corporate mergers.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cartelnoun

   an agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners

2. Cartelnoun

   a letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat

3. Cartelverb

   to defy or challenge

4. Etymology: [F., fr. LL. cartellus a little paper, dim. fr. L. charta. See 1st Card.]

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1. Cartel

   A cartel is a formal "agreement" among competing firms. It is a formal organization of producers and manufacturers that agree to fix prices, marketing, and production. Cartels usually occur in an oligopolistic industry, where the number of sellers is small and the products being traded are usually homogeneous. Cartel members may agree on such matters as price fixing, total industry output, market shares, allocation of customers, allocation of territories, bid rigging, establishment of common sales agencies, and the division of profits or combination of these. The aim of such collusion is to increase individual members' profits by reducing competition. One can distinguish private cartels from public cartels. In the public cartel a government is involved to enforce the cartel agreement, and the government's sovereignty shields such cartels from legal actions. Inversely, private cartels are subject to legal liability under the antitrust laws now found in nearly every nation of the world. Furthermore, the purpose of private cartels is to benefit only those individuals who constitute it, public cartels, in theory, work to pass on benefits to the populace as a whole.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cartel

   A ship commissioned in time of war to exchange the prisoners of any two hostile powers, or to carry a proposal from one to the other; for this reason she has only one gun, for the purpose of firing signals, as the officer who commands her is particularly ordered to carry no cargo, ammunition, or implements of war. Cartel also signifies an agreement between two hostile powers for a mutual exchange of prisoners. In late wars, ships of war fully armed, but under cartel, carried commissions for settling peace, as flags of truce. Cartel-ships, by trading in any way, are liable to confiscation.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cartel

   As a military term it is used to denote an agreement between two belligerents for the exchange of prisoners.

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Anagrams for cartel »

1. arclet

2. Claret

3. claret

4. rectal

5. carlet

6. talcer

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cartel in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cartel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of cartel in a Sentence

1. Chip Roy:

   One, to elevate them in the consciousness of the American people that they're our enemy, and they need to be destroyed, two, to give our law enforcement personnel and our government the tools and the power that is necessary to cut off their finances, to then go after American people who are providing them material support — if you're an American citizen helping a cartel member, then you need to go to jail — and do the things that are necessary to knock their knees out from under them.

2. Google News:

   We are confident that we comply with the rules and, to the extent that changes are necessary, we will continue to work constructively with the (Federal Cartel Office) to find solutions that enable people and businesses in Germany to continue to use our products.

3. Sergio Rodriguez:

   An investigation is underway, we're looking to determine whether the cartel maneuvers witnessed in Brazil were replicated here in some form. Odebrecht is one of those implicated.

4. John Milkovich:

   We choose to confront the culture of death -- the abortion industry has taken its war against our children to our very doorstep, and we have determined to take the fight to the abortion cartel through the law and prayer to stop the horrific infanticide which is being inflicted upon our children, we will continue to fight for the next generations of Louisianans.

5. Nicolas Robin:

   Prices below $80 are putting significant strain on the cartel's weakest members such as Venezuela.

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