monopoly
A situation, by legal privilege or other agreement, in which solely one party…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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» Nobody has a monopoly on truth.
Ни у кого нет монополии на правду. — Wezel
Ніхто не має монополії на правду. — aandrusiak
deniko · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 sensesA 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
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
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
(metonymically)The market thus controlled.
монопо́лияmonopólija
(metonymically)The holder (person, company or other) of such market domination in one of the above manners.
Examples
35 sentencesNobody has a monopoly on truth.
Ніхто не має монополії на правду. — aandrusiak
ruНи у кого нет монополии на правду. — Wezel
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
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
Monopolies are bad.
ruМонополии — это плохо. — marafon
It's a monopoly.
Це монополія. — deniko
ruЭто монополия. — marafon
Translations
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Origin
From Latin monopōlium, from Ancient Greek μονοπώλιον (monopṓlion, “a right of exclusive saFrom 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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Forms
plural: monopolies| Singular | monopoly |
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Synonyms
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2 antonymsWord family
13 related wordsSee also
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