combine
3
7.1
- noun
- /kəmˈbaɪn/
:
cártel
- In the end, Famous Players and the American distributors were acquitted on the basis that the prosecution could not establish that the alleged combine was detrimental to the public interest, as ticket prices did not go up during the period under review.
They're they're all part of a combine now.
- They're they're all part of a combine now.
Examples
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The attorney general of Ontario filed the suit under the Combines Investigation Act against seven distributors, Famous Players, some of its affiliates, and the Cooper Organization for operating a combine or conspiring to constrain trade in that province.
Academic text (2006) -
Quite simply, the prosecution did not prove that a combine existed in Ontario.
Academic text (2006) -
There is clearly a "Trib-Pat Brady-GOP Combine" here that Kass needs to expose.
Blog text (13) -
Speaker Zegana is now the guildmaster of the Simic Combine.
Blog text (34) -
The farmers formed a combine to negotiate better prices for their crops.
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A powerful combine of tech companies has emerged to dominate the market.
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The agricultural combine worked together to ensure a fair competition among producers.
Synonyms
210
7.9
A group of businesses that agree to control production and prices to limit competition
45
7.0
A group of companies that work together to control a market
43
3.4
A group of people or organizations that join to reach a common goal
A group of companies that join to control prices and limit competition
How Powerful
- Specialized
148
4.9
210
7.9
3
7.1
832
4.0
62
6.7
161
2.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
Combine for a group of companies comes from Latin combinare, with com- meaning 'together', so a business combine is firms that are joined to act as one and control part of a market.