monopolies in English

noun
1
the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service.
his likely motive was to protect his regional monopoly on furs
2
a board game in which players engage in simulated property and financial dealings using imitation money. It was invented in the US and the name was coined by Charles Darrow circa 1935.
He has spent thousands of pounds on the collection which includes a Batman and Robin version of Monopoly, a Monopoly fruit machine and a specially-made wooden board worth £700.

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1. Abolition of monopolies

2. While product patents confer absolute monopolies, process patents lead to relative monopolies

3. They busted open Mexico's smothering monopolies.

4. China Cracks Down on Tech Monopolies

5. Regional monopolies were bitterly fought for.

6. Other state monopolies included linen, wool and hemp.

7. The financial oligarchy is the real ruler of capitalist monopolies.

8. Antitruster ( plural Antitrusters ) ( US) A government agent who investigates monopolies

9. The economy was hidebound by public spending and private monopolies.

10. Many countries have competition laws that prohibit monopolies and cartels from forming.

11. Particularly important was the need to have natural monopolies in public ownership.

12. Today, 91% of the same resources are owned by corporate monopolies.

13. Stigler admitted that, theoretically speaking, monopolies were usually bad for society.

14. If we are clamping down on public monopolies, as we are doing a great deal at the moment, then there is absolutely no excuse for tolerating commercial monopolies.

15. Examples of this problem are adverse selection, moral hazard, and monopolies of knowledge.

16. (Leviticus 25:23) This law prevented abuses, such as real estate monopolies.

17. Product patents can create absolute monopolies as they can restrict use of a product

18. Despite anti-monopoly laws, large corporations can form near-monopolies in some industries.

19. Worldwide, tobacco companies and government monopolies sell over five trillion cigarettes every year!

20. 24 Mr Borja, hounded by industrialists eager to protect domestic monopolies, is stalling.

21. There is an ongoing debate over whether to retain these state-run monopolies.

22. Secondly, I will address the formation of these monopolies and the fight against cartels.

23. � Product patents can create absolute monopolies as they can restrict use of a product.

24. Their companies were given lucrative government contracts and protected from market competition by monopolies.

25. Yet standing-order ministers then were furious because travelers undercut them and shattered their monopolies.

26. Antitruster definition: a person opposed to trusts , monopolies , or similar organizations Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

27. Today, incumbents no longer hold monopolies and must provide wholesale services and network access to alternative operators.

28. Antitrust law Law aimed at preventing monopolies, price - fixing agreements , and other obstacles to free market competition.

29. Inaccurate forecasting and ill-judged investments by some electricity monopolies have been a salient stimulus towards liberalization.

30. 15 The young reformer has attacked previously untouchable sectors such as the energy monopolies and housing subsidies.

31. With the abandonment of mercantilism and the grant of oversea state trading monopolies, paternalism gave way to private enterprise.

32. Likewise, it dismissed concerns from the Ohio Farmers Union about the dangers of monopolies and vertical integration of markets.

33. Diamond mining or diamond trade works through cartels or monopolies and De Beers has a great monopoly.

34. These once-regulated monopolies are vying with one another, forming strategic alliances in a competitive free-for-all

35. Their monopolies in many fields shut out smaller market entities and lead to low efficiency and poor service.

36. After decades of dreary state-run television monopolies, most of these markets are starting to open up to private competitors.

37. If it is true, then Kingfisher should not be afraid of arguing its case in front of the Monopolies Commission.

38. Barriers to entry often cause or aid the existence of monopolies and oligopolies, or give companies market power

39. Mr. Eadie Will the Prime Minister consider the abolition of standing charges to pensioners by the private monopolies?

40. 12 Last May it directed member states to do away with licensing rules like Britain's, which create import monopolies.

41. Some countries, including Belgium, Canada, Finland and Sweden have state gambling monopolies and do not grant licenses to foreign casino operators.

42. In fact, it is the very Constitutionally mandated monopolies that Bureaucrats illegitimately have that violate our God-given rights

43. It might be thought of as over-reacting but the development of local monopolies and cartels is just conceivable.

44. But his most lucrative innovation was the creation of official monopolies to produce and market alcohol, salt and opium.

45. Lastly, monopolies can be challenged in the United Kingdom and are absolute in France. Since these two countries wish to

46. It also warns that the legislation that followed the Monopolies and Mergers Commission report in 1989 has been a flop.

47. Opposing or intended to regulate business monopolies, such as trusts or cartels, especially in the interest of promoting competition: Antitrust

48. 10 With the abandonment of mercantilism and the grant of oversea state trading monopolies, paternalism gave way to private enterprise.

49. As capital has become more powerful, it has also sought to dissolve other local monopolies that have hitherto been immune.

50. In natural monopolies, regulation may try to control market power directly, by setting prices (price caps) and controlling entry and access