Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An economic condition in which a small number of sellers exert control over the market of a commodity.

    Because of the ease of collusion, particularly price fixing, duopolies and oligopolies easily produce outcomes as bad for the general public as outright monopolies.

    Oligopol

    олигопо́лияoligopólija

    олігопо́ліяolihopólija

    (economics) a market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of producers and each one can influence prices and affect competitors

Examples

1 sentences
  1. An oligopoly is an imperfect monopoly.

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