monopolist
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- noun
- /məˈnɑːpəlist/
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monopolista
- The new regulations aim to limit the power of the monopolist in the telecommunications industry.
- monopolist's price
- monopolist to price discriminate
In other words, these campaigns against the computer monopolist made it obvious in retrospect that a lot was being held back.
- In other words, these campaigns against the computer monopolist made it obvious in retrospect that a lot was being held back.
- They're bad for customers and for workers as monopolists are under no pressure to innovate and can keep prices high and wages low.
- We can beat the monopolists at their own fucking game.
- The problem is with their monopolist employer.
- We need government rules that harness the overwhelming need of a private monopolist, otherwise control communication networks.
Examples
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To prevent exploitation, the government imposed strict rules on the monopolist selling water in the drought-stricken area.
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In a static, noncompetitive world in which some monopoly power exists, the monopolist will produce where marginal revenue equals marginal cost.
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Consumers have little choice but to pay the monopolist's price.
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That's going to be the optimal production level for the monopolist, OK?
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Even in this unlikely case, however, the water monopolist will produce a first-best outcome.
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Resource management agencies sometimes act as monopolists in the conduct of science.
Academic text (1996) -
Clearly, international competition will weaken the position of the monopolists controlling the trade in electricity.
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Marginal revenue is represented by variables in the monopolist's demand equation.
Academic text (1991) -
Gazprom's motives may have included rational price discrimination: a smart monopolist considers different clients' ability to pay.
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As a monopolist, the company faced scrutiny over its control of essential resources.
Synonyms
A business that controls the sale of a product or service in a market
Antonyms
How Exclusive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Monopolist comes from Greek parts mono- meaning 'one' and polein meaning 'to sell', with -ist for 'a person'. So a monopolist is like a person who 'sells alone' and controls a product or service in a market.