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monopoly::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | board game |
monopoly::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | market place, marketplace, market |
| Has types | corner |
| Derivation | monopolize, monopolise, monopolistic |
a monopoly on silver.
when you have a monopoly you can ask any price you like.
monopoly::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | dominance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, ascendance |
| Derivation | monopolise, monopolist, monopolize |
They have no monopoly on intelligence.
Examples of monopoly
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Public funds should attach to the student, not the local public school monopoly.
From the suntimes.com
They have over 90% of the online search market here and are a de facto monopoly.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
Indian broadcasting has flourished since state TV's monopoly was broken in 1992.
From the bbc.co.uk
They were granted a monopoly on producing the cheese by King Charles VI in 1411.
From the washingtonpost.com
In short, prices are high because BT is a monopoly and faces little competition.
From the economist.com
But BT cannot cut prices, because it is a monopoly and faces little competition.
From the economist.com
The Ministry of Finance owns just over 50 per cent of the former state monopoly.
From the independent.co.uk
How, for example, is a monopoly to be corrected without government intervention?
From the economist.com
Markets in which network effects are important have a tendency towards monopoly.
From the economist.com
- (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller; "a monopoly on silver"; "when you have a monopoly you can ask any price you like"
- Exclusive control or possession of something; "They have no monopoly on intelligence"
- A board game in which players try to gain a monopoly on real estate as pieces advance around the board according to the throw of a die
- (monopolize) have and control fully and exclusively; "He monopolizes the laser printer"
- A monopoly (from Greek u03BCu03CCu03BDu03BFu03C2 mu00F3nos ("alone" or "single") and u03C0u03C9u03BBu03B5u1FD6u03BD pu014Dleu00EEn ("to sell")) exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity (this contrasts with a monopsony which relates to a single entity's control of a market to purchase a good or service, and with oligopoly which consists of a few entities dominating an industry)...
- Cinnamon Toast Crunch (previously called Cinnamon Grahams in the UK but now called Curiously Cinnamon, known as Croque-Cannelle in French Canada) is a brand of breakfast cereal produced by General Mills and Nestle. The cereal was first produced in 1984. ...
- Monopoly is an American television game show based on the board game of the same name. It aired on ABC from June 16 to September 1, 1990. Mike Reilly, a former Jeopardy! contestant, hosted while Charlie O'Donnell announced.
- Monopoly is a board game published by Parker Brothers, a subsidiary of Hasbro. The game is named after the economic concept of monopoly, the domination of a market by a single entity.
- There have been more than a dozen video game adaptations of Parker Brothers' highly successful board game Monopoly.
