Definizione monolingua

monopoly

monopoly (plural monopolies)

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.
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

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

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

Definizione dizionario monopoly

	monopolio
	The market condition where a particular commodity or service has only one seller, either because the seller has exclusive possession of an essential input or because large economies of scale inhibit the entrance of a competitor into the market. (Source: ODE)

esclusiva

monopoli

Altri significati:

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.

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

exclusive possession

exclusive right (to)

privilege granting such control

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

(metonymy) The market thus controled

exclusive possession or rights

market thus controled

The privilege granting the exclusive right to exert such control

situation of exclusive supply

move (in game)

holder of such control