monopoly
n. 垄断, 专卖权, 独占事业 [经] 垄断, 专利品, 垄断(权)独占
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教材释义与例句
垄断；垄断者；专卖权
释义与例句
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A situation, by legal privilege or other agreement, in which solely one party (company, cartel etc.) exclusively provides a particular product or service, dominating that market and generally exerting powerful control over it.
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An exclusive control over the trade or production of a commodity or service through exclusive possession.
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A land monopoly renders its holder(s) nearly almighty in an agricultural society.
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The privilege granting the exclusive right to exert such control.
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Granting monopolies in concession constitutes a market-conform alternative to taxation for the state, while the crown sometimes bestowed a monopoly as an outrageous gift.
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The market thus controlled.
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The holder (person, company or other) of such market domination in one of the above manners.
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From Latin monopōlium, from Ancient Greek μονοπώλιον (monopṓlion, “a right of exclusive sale”), from μόνος (mónos, “sole”) + πωλέω (pōléō, “to barter, sell”). By surface analysis, mono- + -poly.
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