monopoly
[noun]
Synonyms: corner

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Related Words: cartel, consortium, pool, syndicate, trust, copyright, ownership, possessorship, proprietorship

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

Monopoly trademark
a very popular type of board game that has been sold since the 1930s. Players use toy money to buy streets and buildings on squares on the board, and then make other players pay rent if they move onto those squares. The squares on the board show the names of real streets in cities in the US (=in an American Monopoly set), London (=in a British Monopoly set), or other big cities around the world. People sometimes use the expression Monopoly money to mean a very large amount of money:
You know how much it costs to buy an apartment in Tokyo? It's Monopoly money!

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

mo‧nop‧o‧ly /məˈnɒpəli $ məˈnɑː-/ noun (plural monopolies)
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: monopolium, from Greek, from mono- ( ⇒ mono-) + polein 'to sell']

1. [countable] if a company or government has a monopoly of a business or political activity, it has complete control of it so that other organizations cannot compete with it
monopoly of
They are demanding an end to the Communist Party’s monopoly of power.
the state monopoly of television
monopoly on/in
For years Bell Telephone had a monopoly on telephone services in the US.
a monopoly in copper trading

2. [countable] a large company that controls all or most of a business activity:
The company is a state-owned monopoly.

3. [singular] if someone has a monopoly on something, that thing belongs to them, and no one else can share it:
Teachers do not have a monopoly on educational debate.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

monopoly
noun
I. control by one company
ADJ. effective, near, virtual | absolute, total | government, state | domestic, local, national
VERB + MONOPOLY enjoy, exercise, have, hold The company has a virtual monopoly in world markets.
create, establish, gain, get, secure, set up | keep, maintain, preserve, retain | lose | give sb, grant sb, guarantee sb This Act of Parliament guaranteed solicitors a monopoly on particular legal services.
challenge companies who are challenging the state monopolies
break (up), end attempts to break the company's monopoly of the sugar industry
MONOPOLY + NOUN position The company was able to exploit its monopoly position.
PREP. ~ in creating a monopoly in the export of wool
~ of One company holds a monopoly of the raw materials.
~ on The company lost its monopoly on exporting beer to India.
~ over maintaining their monopoly over local bus services

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

monopoly
II. organization
ADJ. giant, huge, powerful | public, state, state-controlled, state-owned the privatization of state-owned monopolies such as the gas and electricity industries
private | statutory

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲