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.