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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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Example Sentences
- But the paraffin cartel was rare in that some members kept minutes, and attendance lists.
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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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