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
8 Letter Words
monopoly 15
5 Letter Words
loopy 10 moony 10 pylon 10 loony 8
4 Letter Words
mopy 11 yomp 11 moly 9 mony 9 ploy 9 poly 9 pony 9 pomo 8 only 7 loom 6 loop 6 mono 6 mool 6 moon 6 polo 6 pool 6 poon 6 loon 4 nolo 4
3 Letter Words
ply 8 yom 8 mop 7 pom 7 yon 6 lop 5 mol 5 mon 5 moo 5 nom 5 pol 5 poo 5 loo 3 noo 3 ono 3
2 Letter Words
my 7 oy 5 yo 5 mo 4 om 4 op 4 po 4 lo 2 no 2 on 2
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