cartel
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noun
1.
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
2.
a coalition of political or special-interest groups having a common cause, as to encourage the passage of a certain law.
3.
a written agreement between belligerents, especially for the exchange of prisoners.
4.
a written challenge to a duel.
Origin:
1550–60; < Middle French < Italian cartello letter of defiance, poster, equivalent to cart(a) carte + -ello diminutive suffix
1550–60; < Middle French < Italian cartello letter of defiance, poster, equivalent to cart(a) carte + -ello diminutive suffix
Related forms
car·tel·ism, noun
Synonyms
1. monopoly, merger, combination.
1. monopoly, merger, combination.
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cartel (kɑːˈtɛl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| 1. | Also called: trust a collusive international association of independent enterprises formed to monopolize production and distribution of a product or service, control prices, etc |
| 2. | politics an alliance of parties or interests to further common aims |
| [C20: from German Kartell, from French, from Italian cartello a written challenge, public notice, diminutive of carta | |
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Word Origin & History
cartel
1560, "a written challenge," from M.Fr. cartel, from It. cartello, dim. of carta "card." It came to mean "written agreement between challengers" (1692). Sense of "a commercial trust" comes 1902, via Ger. Kartell.
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Cultural Dictionary
cartel [(kahr-tel)]An association in which producers of a similar or identical product try to obtain a monopoly over the sale of the product.
Note: The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a cartel.
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Example sentences
Cartel participants held frequent interim meetings to monitor and enforce the agreed-upon prices and market shares.
It was a conspiracy to form a cartel for private printing of money to bail out failed bankers.
Nobody wants to go back to the time when you had a cartel and price-setting.
Insurers do not negotiate on tariffs with individual hospitals but with a cartel of local hospitals and the cantonal government.
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