monopoly

1. 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.

   Monopol

   монопо́лияmonopólija

   монопо́ліяmonopólija

2. An exclusive control over the trade or production of a commodity or service through exclusive possession.

   A land monopoly renders its holder(s) nearly almighty in an agricultural society.

   монопо́лияmonopólija

   exclusive control or possession of something

3. The privilege granting the exclusive right to exert such control.

   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.

   монополи́стmonopolíst, монополи́сткаmonopolístka

4. (metonymically)The market thus controlled.

   монопо́лияmonopólija

5. (metonymically)The holder (person, company or other) of such market domination in one of the above manners.

1. Nobody has a monopoly on truth.

   Ніхто не має монополії на правду.

   ruНи у кого нет монополии на правду.

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2. I have a monopoly on the truth.

   Я маю монополію на правду.

   ruУ меня монополия на правду.

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3. You don't have a monopoly on good taste.

   У тебе немає монополії на добрий смак.

   ruУ тебя нет монополии на хороший вкус.

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4. Monopolies are bad.

   ruМонополии — это плохо.

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5. It's a monopoly.

   Це монополія.

   ruЭто монополия.

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