Business
monopoly
noun
Definition
Exclusive possession or control of the supply of a commodity or service.
In a sentence
“Regulators intervened when one company gained a near-monopoly in the search engine market.”
Synonyms
dominanceexclusive control
Common collocations
- hold a monopoly
- natural monopoly
- break up a monopoly
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