corner
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- noun
- /ˈkɔrnər/
- Jargon
:
acaparamiento
- The gold corner is broken!
That's not even the hard power of they're going to play hardball with a corner on rare earth metals, a corner on on manufacturing.
- That's not even the hard power of they're going to play hardball with a corner on rare earth metals, a corner on on manufacturing.
Examples
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Why should he have the corner on the market?
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Neither company has a clear corner on the real-time market, though.
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He's got a corner on the bean market.
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College leaders feel they're the best in the world and have a corner on the credential market.
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They decided to corner the stock and engineer a huge short squeeze and teach the short sellers a lesson.
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The New York World newspaper printed a headline that read July Cotton Cornered by Livermore.
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I said, well, silver store's a little bit better than plywood, but he is so convinced he's cornered the market on plywood.
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Investors often try to corner the market on certain goods to boost their profits.
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During the financial crisis, some traders attempted to corner the silver market.
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She realized they were trying to corner the coffee supply to increase prices.
Synonyms
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Only one company sells and controls a product or service
Idioms
- Informal
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Put yourself in a difficult situation with no easy way out
Compounds
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A kick in football taken from the corner after a defender last touched the ball for the attacking team
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A corner on a road where drivers cannot see around because something blocks the view
- Archaic
A man in old minstrel shows who sits at one end of performers and makes jokes with the main speaker
How Exclusive
- Specialized
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- Jargon
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Corner in trading (a temporary control of a product) takes its name from the idea of leaving others with no room to move, like forcing them into a tight corner. So to have a 'corner' on a market is to control the supply and push prices up.