monopoly
148
4.9
- noun
- /məˈnɑːpəli/
- Specialized
:
monopolio
- A great deal of the Muslim Brotherhood's strength lies in its near monopoly of influence in many countryside areas.
- monopoly power
- monopoly prices
- break up a monopoly
And they're the ones who have the monopoly on force.
- And they're the ones who have the monopoly on force.
- So that leaves you with the monopoly NVIDIA, NVIDIA.
- If you like less monopoly, more competition.
- The other extreme would be monopoly, one firm that produces the good.
- You know, they've had a search monopoly for many years, right?
- Android would be a monopoly in that world.
- And it's OK up to and including a monopoly that can affect people's health.
- I do feel like Twitch still has quite the monopoly in the streaming world.
- For example, regulation deals with monopolies and externalities.
- When these huge monopolies were privatized, they weren't broken up.
- But I think that liberalism doesn't have a monopoly on the things that it claims.
- But two, the way we police drugs creates monopolies.
- If it's not a fad, then what's to stop NVIDIA from being the monopoly of, of, of this market?
Examples
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Until 1950, the large companies enjoyed a virtual monopoly over the generation of electricity.
Academic text (1999) -
Historically, the king maintained a monopoly on the trade of spices to increase his wealth.
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A monopoly on solar power.
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The franchise has a monopoly on the entire market.
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The goal is to break up land monopolies and promote rural development.
Academic text (2008) -
In Taiwan, Taipower is the sole power company and is a monopoly run by the state.
Academic text (1990) -
The government granted a monopoly to a single company to provide electricity to the entire region.
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In the market for online video streaming, it seems that one platform holds a clear monopoly over all competitors.
Synonyms
14
7.2
One company has the sole right to sell something in a place
8
9.1
Control of most of a product's supply to raise its price
Antonyms
Compounds
How Exclusive
- Specialized
148
4.9
- Specialized
2
9.6
- Specialized
4
8.2
4
3.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word monopoly comes from Greek parts mono- 'one' and polein 'to sell', so it originally meant 'one seller'. That's why a monopoly today is when one company controls the sale or supply of a product or service.