Meaning

5 senses
  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.

Examples

35 sentences
  1. Nobody has a monopoly on truth.

    Ніхто не має монополії на правду. — aandrusiak

    ruНи у кого нет монополии на правду. — Wezel

  2. I have a monopoly on the truth.

    Я маю монополію на правду. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

    ruУ меня монополия на правду. — marafon · CC BY 2.0 FR

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

    У тебе немає монополії на добрий смак. — deniko

    ruУ тебя нет монополии на хороший вкус. — Ooneykcall

  4. Monopolies are bad.

    ruМонополии — это плохо. — marafon

  5. It's a monopoly.

    Це монополія. — deniko

    ruЭто монополия. — marafon

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
situation of exclusive supply:
Русский
By meaning 2
situation of exclusive supply:
holder of such control:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
situation of exclusive supply:

Origin

From Latin monopōlium, from Ancient Greek μονοπώλιον (monopṓlion, “a right of exclusive sa

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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