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noun, plural mo·nop·o·lies.
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an exclusive privilege to carry on a business, traffic, or service, granted by a government.
3.
the exclusive possession or control of something.
4.
something that is the subject of such control, as a commodity or service.
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EXPANDa company or group that has such control.
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the market condition that exists when there is only one seller.
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COLLAPSE(initial capital letter) a board game in which a player attempts to gain a monopoly of real estate by advancing around the board and purchasing property, acquiring capital by collecting rent from other players whose pieces land on that property.
Origin:
1525–35; < Latin monopōlium < Greek monopṓlion right of exclusive sale, equivalent to mono- mono- + pōl(eîn) to sell + -ion noun suffix
1525–35; < Latin monopōlium < Greek monopṓlion right of exclusive sale, equivalent to mono- mono- + pōl(eîn) to sell + -ion noun suffix
Related forms
mo·nop·o·loid, adjective
an·ti·mo·nop·o·ly, adjective
pre·mo·nop·o·ly, noun, plural pre·mo·nop·o·lies, adjective
pro·mo·nop·o·ly, adjective
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Monopolies
is always a great word to know.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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