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PRONUNCIATION OF CAPTIVE MARKET

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAPTIVE MARKET

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Captive market is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CAPTIVE MARKET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Captive market

Captive markets are markets where the potential consumers face a severely limited number of competitive suppliers; their only choices are to purchase what is available or to make no purchase at all. Captive markets result in higher prices and less diversity for consumers. The term therefore applies to any market where there is a monopoly or oligopoly. Examples of captive-market environments include the food markets in cinemas, airports, and sports arenas, the Kosher food market in the United Kingdom and phone calls and food in jails prisons.

Definition of captive market in the English dictionary

The definition of captive market in the dictionary is a group of consumers who are obliged through lack of choice to buy a particular product, thus giving the supplier a monopoly.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAPTIVE MARKET

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captious
captiously
captiousness
captivance
captivate
captivating
captivatingly
captivation
captivator
captivaunce
captive
captive audience
captive breeding
captive-bred
captivities
captivity
captopril
captor

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAPTIVE MARKET

aftermarket
black market
drug on the market
farmers´ market
fish market
flea market
free market
housing market
job market
labour market
market
mass market
mass-market
newmarket
on the market
property market
stock market
supermarket
target market
the Common Market
the market

Synonyms and antonyms of captive market in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «captive market» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CAPTIVE MARKET

Find out the translation of captive market to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of captive market from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «captive market» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

垄断市场
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mercado cautivo
570 millions of speakers

English

captive market
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बंदी बाजार
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

السوق الأسير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пленный рынок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mercado cativo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বন্দী বাজার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

marché captif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pasaran tawanan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

captive-Markt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

専属市場
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

캡 티브 시장
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pasar tawanan
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

thị trường bị giam cầm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கைப்பற்றப்பட்ட சந்தை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॅप्टिव्ह मार्केट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Esir pazarı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mercato vincolato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rynek niewoli
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

полонений ринок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

piața captivă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δεσμευμένη αγορά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gevange mark
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

interna marknaden
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sjarmere markedet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of captive market

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAPTIVE MARKET»

The term «captive market» is normally little used and occupies the 111.217 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CAPTIVE MARKET» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about captive market

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAPTIVE MARKET»

Discover the use of captive market in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to captive market and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dispute Settlement Reports 2001: Volume 10, Pages 4695-5478
cisely intended to allow a "comparative analysis" of the fmancial performance of the merchant market and captive market. 161 2l2. Like the Panel, we observe that the USITC Report contains data for, firstly, the merchant market and, secondly, ...
World Trade Organization, 2004
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WTO Disputes: Anti-dumping, Subsidies and Safeguards
Anti-dumping, Subsidies and Safeguards Edwin A. Vermulst, Folkert Graafsma. United States, the measure is precisely intended to allow a “comparative analysis ” of the financial performance of the merchant market and captive market.
Edwin A. Vermulst, Folkert Graafsma, 2002
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Business Economics
Advertising, by creating this captive market, has two important implications. First, the higher its captive market the less inclined the incumbent firm becomes to fight a price war post- entry. Thus, large investments in advertising may serve as a ...
Maria Moschandreas, 2000
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Dumping and Subsidies: The Law and Procedures Governing the ...
In such a case the injury to the Community industry should be assessed in relation to production data for the mixture A, B and C. 5.1.6 Captive market The Community Authorities have, on occasion, excluded that part of the market which can ...
Clive Stanbrook, Philip Bentley, 1996
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EU Anti-dumping and Other Trade Defence Instruments
However, as an exception to this rule, sales by the Union producers to related companies for internal consumption (sales on the so-called 'captive market') may be excluded from the Union consumption. In Gimelec, the Court of Justice stated  ...
Ivo Van Bael, Jean-François Bellis, 2011
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The Business Approach to Training
... also the types you deal with yourself as a training and development provider. These may be very different: it does not follow that if your organisation mainly works with a captive market, then your training is also provided to a captive market.
Teresa Williams, Adrian Green, 1997
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Trade Remedies: Laws of Dumping, Subsidies, and Safeguards ...
A related issue to the scope of industry to be examined for injury is the concept of 'captive market'. According to the U.S. laws, the International Trade Commission ( ITC), in assessing market share and the impact of injury usually disregards the ...
Thomas Weishing Huang, 2003
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Adkisson's Captive Insurance Companies: An Introduction to ...
By attracting the smallish captive market with very low capitalization requirements , South Carolina soon built a captive market that effectively competes with Vermont for new domestic captives. Of course, as South Carolina's captive market ...
Jay Adkisson, 2006
9
Globalizing America: The USA in World Integration
The 'captive market' problem Since a member country can't reduce its external tariff, it is more likely to feel exploited as a captive market for the high-cost protected products made in a partner country. For example, a key question in the  ...
Thomas L. Brewer, Gavin Boyd, 2000
10
Health Care, Ethics and Insurance
In such circumstances there is a captive market (on analogy with a 'captive audience') for health insurance and so a corresponding obligation on the insurance industry to take on risk up to the level where doing so threatens the existence of ...
Tom Sorell Ltd, Professor of Philosophy Tom Sorell, Tom Sorell, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAPTIVE MARKET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term captive market is used in the context of the following news items.
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Captive market: Group asks FCC to stop profits from inmates' phone …
The Silent Sentence Coalition says county governments are making money from inmate phone calls, and the group is asking the Federal ... «New Philadelphia Times Reporter, Jul 15»
2
Zhengrong Shi: Solar is here, regulators need to get on board
City folk with little space for solar panels will remain a captive market for the grid whereas those in remote areas may have no choice to be ... «RenewEconomy, Jul 15»
3
(The views and opinions expressed in this blog are strictly those of …
Many U.K. offerings surround the cuisine of fried chicken, beef burgers and filled pastry. In most cases these outlets appeal to a captive market, ... «HOTELS, Jul 15»
4
Sun Sets on the British Empire
... thereby its demand would keep growing and this would make a captive market and fetch them the money they needed to buy the local wares. «Mainstream, Jul 15»
5
This euro is destroying the European dream
... the while selling its cars and washing machines into a captive market of near-neighbours who cannot devalue their own currencies against it. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
6
DRDO/OFB 'tank'
... re-work themselves to function in a competitive environment that admittedly is very different from the monopolistic, captive market situation in ... «The Statesman, Jul 15»
7
The Facts Behind the Greek Melodrama
A conspiracy theorist may argue that the Germans had known all along that the euro would create a captive market for their export juggernaut. «A Magazine of American Culture, Jul 15»
8
Instagram Marketing: What Instagram's New Ad Business Means for …
This, in turn, creates a captive market of consumers searching for the products with which they can recreate the lifestyle of an influencer. «Business 2 Community, Jul 15»
9
Ganduje's sure-footed start and the tasks ahead
... the adoption of the Distributed Generation (DG) off-grid strategy whereby the IPP supplies to a captive market (eligible buyers in the industrial ... «TheCable, Jul 15»
10
MY IPO Dealbook: Ikhmas Jaya launches prospectus, Sedania …
With this, the group has a captive market of more than 50 million mobile subscribers across Malaysia and Bangladesh. Also read:. «DEALSTREETASIA, Jun 15»

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