NOUN
  • Definition - A situation, by legal privilege or other agreement, in which solely one party (company, cartel etc.) exclusively provides a particular product or service, dominating that market and generally exerting powerful control over it.
  • Definition - An exclusive control over the trade or production of a commodity or service through exclusive possession.
  • Example - A land monopoly renders its holder(s) nearly almighty in an agricultural society.
  • Definition - The privilege granting the exclusive right to exert such control.
  • Example - Granting monopolies in concession constitutes a market-conform alternative to taxation for the state, while the crown sometimes bestowed a monopoly as an outrageous gift.
  • Definition - (metonymy) The market thus controlled.
  • Example - Granting monopolies in concession constitutes a market-conform alternative to taxation for the state, while the crown sometimes bestowed a monopoly as an outrageous gift.
  • Definition - (metonymy) The holder (person, company or other) of such market domination in one of the above manners.
  • Example - Granting monopolies in concession constitutes a market-conform alternative to taxation for the state, while the crown sometimes bestowed a monopoly as an outrageous gift.
  • Synonyms - monopolist
Words in your word
10 Letter Words
monopolies 14 monopolise 14
9 Letter Words
monopoles 13
8 Letter Words
empoison 12 liposome 12 monopole 12 oinomels 10 simoleon 10
7 Letter Words
impones 11 peonism 11 plenism 11 pomelos 11 epsilon 9 lomeins 9 noisome 9 oinomel 9 pinoles 9 plosion 9 loonies 7
4 Letter Words
imps 8 limp 8 mips 8 mope 8 mops 8 poem 8 pome 8 pomo 8 poms 8 simp 8 elms 6 emos 6 epos 6 lime 6 limn 6 limo 6 lipe 6 lipo 6 lips 6 lisp 6 loom 6 loop 6 lope 6 lops 6 mels 6 meno 6 mien 6 mile 6 milo 6 mils 6 mine 6 mise 6 miso 6 moil 6 mole 6 mols 6 mono 6 mons 6 mool 6 moon 6 moos 6 nims 6 nips 6 nome 6 noms 6 nope 6 omen 6 oops 6 open 6 opes 6
3 Letter Words
imp 7 mop 7 pom 7 elm 5 emo 5 ems 5 ism 5 lip 5 lop 5 mel 5 men 5 mes 5 mil 5 mis 5 moi 5 mol 5 mon 5 moo 5 mos 5 nim 5 nip 5 nom 5 oms 5 ope 5 ops 5 pen 5 pes 5 pie 5 pin 5 pis 5 poi 5 pol 5 poo 5 pos 5 psi 5 sim 5 sip 5 som 5 sop 5 els 3 ens 3 eon 3 ins 3 ion 3 lei 3 les 3 lie 3 lin 3 lis 3 loo 3
2 Letter Words
em 4 me 4 mi 4 mo 4 om 4 op 4 pe 4 pi 4 po 4 el 2 en 2 es 2 in 2 is 2 li 2 lo 2 ne 2 no 2 oe 2 oi 2 on 2 os 2 si 2 so 2
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