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monopoly

noun

1 monopoly

economics A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller.

Roget 840: amusement, entertainment, recreation, fun, game, fun and games; diversion, divertissement; reaction, solace; pastime, passetemps [Fr.], sport; ... show more

Roget 751: restraint; hindrance etc. 706; coercion etc. (compulsion) 744; cohibition, constraint, repression, suppression; discipline, control.    ... show more

Roget 777: possession, seizin [Law], seisin [Law]; ownership etc. 780; occupancy; hold, holding; tenure, tenancy, feodality, dependency; villenage, ... show more

Dutch: alleenrecht, monopolie, alleenverkoop
Polish: monopol

2 monopoly

Exclusive control or possession of something.

Dutch: alleenbezit, monopolie

3 Monopoly

A board game in which players try to gain a monopoly on real estate as pieces advance around the board according to the throw of a die.

Dutch: monopolie, monopoly


Moby thesaurus: a corner on, arrest, arrestation, bear raid, bull raid, cartel, check, consortium, constraint, control, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, copyright, corner, corner in, cornering, curb, curtailment, deceleration ... show more.

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