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- Monopoly - n. - The exclusive power, or privilege of selling a commodity; the exclusive power, right, or privilege of dealing in some article, or of trading in some market; sole command of the traffic in anything, however obtained; as, the proprietor of a patented article is given a monopoly of its sale for a limited time; chartered trading companies have sometimes had a monopoly of trade with remote regions; a combination of traders may get a monopoly of a particular product.
- Monopoly - n. - Exclusive possession; as, a monopoly of land.
- Monopoly - n. - The commodity or other material thing to which the monopoly relates; as, tobacco is a monopoly in France.
- Monopolylogue - n. - An exhibition in which an actor sustains many characters.
- Monopoly - n. - The exclusive power, or privilege of selling a commodity; the exclusive power, right, or privilege of dealing in some article, or of trading in some market; sole command of the traffic in anything, however obtained; as, the proprietor of a patented article is given a monopoly of its sale for a limited time; chartered trading companies have sometimes had a monopoly of trade with remote regions; a combination of traders may get a monopoly of a particular product.
- Monopoly - n. - The commodity or other material thing to which the monopoly relates; as, tobacco is a monopoly in France.
- Monopolize - v. t. - To acquire a monopoly of; to have or get the exclusive privilege or means of dealing in, or the exclusive possession of; to engross the whole of; as, to monopolize the coffee trade; to monopolize land.
- Monopoly - n. - Exclusive possession; as, a monopoly of land.