See Also: Monopoly(law)
Monopoly(money)
monopoly(dictionary)
monopoly(encyclopedia)
Monopoly(finance)
monopoly(dictionary)
MONOPOLY, commercial law(law)
Pure monopoly(finance)
Natural monopoly(finance)
Legal monopoly(finance)

monopoly (iou)



monopoly noun. M16.
[Latin monopolium from Greek monopolion, -polia, from MONO- + polein sell.]
Exclusive possession or control of the trade in a commodity, service, etc.; the condition of having no competitor in one's trade or business; Law a situation in which one supplier or producer controls more than a specified fraction of the market. M16.
Burke You have, in this kingdom, an advantage in Lead, that amounts to a monopoly.
b. spec. An exclusive privilege (conferred by a monarch, State, etc.) of selling some commodity or trading with a particular place or country. L16.
J. Sinclair The Public Revenue [of Russia]..is likely to increase, particularly the..monopoly of brandy.
gen. Exclusive possession, control, or exercise of something. Foll. by of, on. E17.
A. E. Stevenson We claim no monopoly on the ideals we assert. L. Griffiths For two years I had a monopoly of conkers in the playground.
A thing which is the subject of a monopoly. M19.
M. E. G. Duff The culture..of tobacco was made a Crown monopoly.
A company etc. which has a monopoly. L19.
E. Bellamy The absorption of business by ever larger monopolies continued.
(Monopoly.) (Proprietary name for) a board game in which the players engage in property dealings, the board representing streets etc. in a large city. M20.
J. Gardam The sky darkened during supper and during Monopoly the rain began.
Comb.: monopoly capitalism a capitalist system typified by trade monopolies in the hands of a few people; Monopoly money imitation money used in the game of Monopoly; money having no real existence or value; inflated currency; monopoly value the value of something that is the subject of a monopoly; extra value arising from the holding of a monopoly.