monopoly
Bedeutung (Englisch)
- A situation, by legal privilege or other agreement, in which solely one party (company, cartel etc.) exclusively provides a particular product or service, dominating that market and generally exerting powerful control over it.
- An exclusive control over the trade or production of a commodity or service through exclusive possession.
- The privilege granting the exclusive right to exert such control.
- (metonymically) The market thus controlled.
- (metonymically) The holder (person, company or other) of such market domination in one of the above manners.
Konzepte
Gegenteil von
monopsony, polypoly
Synonyme
exclusive possession
hoardig
special occupation
principal occupation
proprietary articles
proprietary materials
subject of numerous patents
Übersetzungen
Frequenz
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/məˈnɒpəli/
Etymologie (Englisch)
From Latin monopōlium, from Ancient Greek μονοπώλιον (monopṓlion, “a right of exclusive sale”), from μόνος (mónos, “sole”) + πωλέω (pōléō, “I barter, sell”). By surface analysis, mono- + -poly.
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