monopolist
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Monopolist
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| 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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monopoly (məˈnɒpəlɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -lies | |
| 1. | exclusive control of the market supply of a product or service |
| 2. | a. an enterprise exercising this control |
| b. the product or service so controlled | |
| 3. | law the exclusive right or privilege granted to a person, company, etc, by the state to purchase, manufacture, use, or sell some commodity or to carry on trade in a specified country or area |
| 4. | exclusive control, possession, or use of something |
| [C16: from Late Latin, from Greek monopōlion, from | |
| mo'nopolism | |
| —n | |
| mo'nopolist | |
| —n | |
| monopo'listic | |
| —adj | |
| monopo'listically | |
| —adv | |
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Example sentences
But operating as a monopolist is a poor way to maintain that edge.
Giving them such control allows them to charge monopolist pricing for the content.
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