monopoly
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ə noun, plural mo·nop·o·lies.
1.
2.
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.
5.
a company or group that has such control.
6.
the market condition that exists when there is only one seller.
7.
( 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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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 | |
| Monopoly (məˈnɒpəlɪ) | |
| —n | |
| trademark a board game for two to six players who throw dice to advance their tokens around a board, the object being to acquire the property on which their tokens land | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
monopoly
"exclusive control of a commodity or trade," 1530s, from L. monopolium, from Gk. monopolion "right of exclusive sale," from mono- (q.v.) + polein "to sell," from PIE base *pel- "to sell, purchase, barter, gain" (cf. Skt. panate "barters, purchases," Lith. pelnas "gain," O.C.S. splenu, Rus. polon "prey,
booty," O.N. falr, Du. veil, Ger. feil "for sale, venal"). The popular board game, invented by Charles Darrow, is from 1935. Monopoly money "unreal currency" is attested from 1972, in ref. to the game.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
monopoly definition
The exclusive control by one company of a service or product.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
monopoly
real-estatereal-estate board game for two to eight players, in which the player's goal is to remain financially solvent while forcing opponents into bankruptcy by buying and developing pieces of property
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Example sentences from the web
This has been a source of some ambiguity in discussions of natural monopoly.
If this practice is not followed, he believed it results in a land monopoly.
The courts could no longer be used by the hbc to enforce its monopoly.
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