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Meaning of "collusive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COLLUSIVE

collusive  [kəˈluːsɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COLLUSIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Collusive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES COLLUSIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Collusion

Collusion is an agreement between two or more parties, sometimes illegal and therefore secretive, to limit open competition by deceiving, misleading, or defrauding others of their legal rights, or to obtain an objective forbidden by law typically by defrauding or gaining an unfair advantage. It is an agreement among firms or individuals to divide a market, set prices, limit production or limit opportunities. It can involve "wage fixing, kickbacks, or misrepresenting the independence of the relationship between the colluding parties". In legal terms, all acts effected by collusion are considered void.

Definition of collusive in the English dictionary

The definition of collusive in the dictionary is relating to conniving, conspiring and secretly agreeing for fraudulent purposes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COLLUSIVE


abusive
əˈbjuːsɪv
allusive
əˈluːsɪv
conclusive
kənˈkluːsɪv
conducive
kənˈdjuːsɪv
delusive
dɪˈluːsɪv
disillusive
ˌdɪsɪˈluːsɪv
elusive
ɪˈluːsɪv
exclusive
ɪkˈskluːsɪv
illusive
ɪˈluːsɪv
inclusive
ɪnˈkluːsɪv
inconclusive
ˌɪnkənˈkluːsɪv
intrusive
ɪnˈtruːsɪv
nonexclusive
ˌnɒnɪksˈkluːsɪv
occlusive
əˈkluːsɪv
preclusive
prɪˈkluːsɪv
reclusive
rɪˈkluːsɪv
seclusive
sɪˈkluːsɪv
ultraexclusive
ˌʌltrəɪkˈskluːsɪv
unconclusive
ˌʌnkənˈkluːsɪv
unexclusive
ˌʌnɪkˈskluːsɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COLLUSIVE

colloquist
colloquium
colloquize
colloquy
collotype
collotypic
collotypy
colluctation
collude
colluder
collusion
collusively
colluvia
colluvial
colluvies
colluvium
colly
collyria
collyrium
collywobbles

WORDS THAT END LIKE COLLUSIVE

all-inclusive
amusive
applausive
comprehensive
contusive
diffusive
effusive
excusive
extrusive
infusive
inobtrusive
musive
nonintrusive
obtrusive
plausive
prelusive
protrusive
suffusive
unabusive
unapplausive
unplausive

Synonyms and antonyms of collusive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «collusive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COLLUSIVE

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

Translator English - Chinese

串通
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

colusorio
570 millions of speakers

English

collusive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कपटपूर्ण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التواطؤ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сговоре
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

conluio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অশুভ আঁতাতে বদ্ধ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

collusoires
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Collusive
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Absprachen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

共謀
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

담합
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Collusive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

do sự đồng mưu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரகசிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एकत्र येणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gizli anlaşma ile ilgili
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

collusivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zmowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

змові
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

coluziune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συμπαιγνίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

samespanning
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

samverkan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oppkonstruerte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of collusive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COLLUSIVE»

The term «collusive» is regularly used and occupies the 58.131 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COLLUSIVE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLLUSIVE»

Discover the use of collusive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to collusive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Economics: Private and Public Choice
James Gwartney, Richard Stroup, Russell Sobel, David Macpherson. the collusive agreement while the other sellers maintain the higher price, it can expand its sales (beyond the level agreed upon by the cartel). This will more than make up ...
James Gwartney, Richard Stroup, Russell Sobel, 2008
2
Competition Policy: Theory and Practice
To continue our example, after having seen why a fruit seller has a temptation to cut prices below the collusive level of $2, let us see under which conditions he will deviate. If the street market is small enough, and if the sellers post the prices of ...
Massimo Motta, 2004
3
Illegal Logging: "Law Enforcement, Livelihoods and the ...
In non-collusive corruption, the government demands a bribe for a legal activity, such as obtaining a logging permit. Non-collusive corruption thus drives up costs for the private sector, which now has to pay a bribe in addition to the official cost.
Luca Tacconi, 2012
4
Exploring Economics
Equilibrium price and quantity for a collusive oligopoly are determined according to the cartel a collection of firms that agree on sales, pricing, and other decisions joint profit maximization determination of price based on the marginal revenue ...
Robert Sexton, 2012
5
Applied Industrial Economics
The answer is clear.14 Empirical studies of tacit collusion and the relevant market In her pathbreaking work on tacit collusion in the Vancouver retail gasoline market, Slade (chapter 1 1 ) directly compares the collusive and non-collusive ...
Louis Phlips, 1998
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New Developments in the Analysis of Market Structure: ...
definition is a strong stability concept, but relative to a given class of collusive schemes. (2) UNANIMOUS STABILITY Given a class (C) of collusive schemes, a particular scheme C is unanimously stable relative to (C) if C £ {C} and if Vn(C)<=  ...
Joseph E. Stiglitz, G. Frank Mathewson, International Economic Association, 1986
7
The Passionate Fictions of Eliza Haywood: Essays on Her Life ...
Collusive. Resistance. Sexual. Agency. and. Partisan. Politics. in. Love. in. Excess. Toni Bowers Eliza Haywood's phenomenally popular first novel Love in Excess (1719-20), like the works of amatory fiction that preceded it in Augustan ...
Kirsten T. Saxton, Rebecca P. Bocchicchio
8
Monopsony in Law and Economics
7.3.1 Collusive Monopsony Collusive monopsony most obviously occurs when buyers agree among themselves on what price they will pay. On occasion, collusion is used to allocate markets or to foreclose rival buyers. We examine each in ...
Roger D. Blair, Jeffrey L. Harrison, 2010
9
Information Security Applications: 8th International ...
The experiment is performed in both non-collusive setting and collusive setting. We show the benefit of our reputation mechanism compared to a community without any trust scheme. We also compare the performance of our scheme against ...
Kim Sehun, Moti Yung, Hyung-Woo Lee, 2008
10
Handbook of Global Research and Practice in Corruption
Land Allocation Effects of Collusive and Non-collusive Corruption in Forestry Before developing on those issues, it is useful to consider the ways in which different types of corruption can affect deforestation, usually considered the most  ...
Adam Graycar, Russell G. Smith, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLLUSIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term collusive is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Show cause: CCP issues notices to eight institutions
... approved Medical Centres Administrative Office (GAMCA) for indulging in collusive activities in violation of Section 4 of the Competition Act, ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Can an Insurer Intervene in a Class Action to Protect Against a …
But the result of declining to defend the insured is likely to be a “collusive” class action settlement in which the named plaintiffs, on behalf of the ... «JD Supra, Jul 15»
3
Commission refers case against furniture removal companies
The Competition Commission has referred a case of price fixing, market division and collusive tendering against several furniture removal ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
4
Commission refers case against auto body repairers
The Competition Commission has referred a case of price fixing, market division and collusive tendering against Eldan Auto Body CC (Eldan) ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
5
Update on Significant DOT, FAA and Other Federal Agencies …
(see below), who alleged the carriers were engaging in collusive and anti-competitive behavior by using capacity and pricing restraints to limit ... «JD Supra, Jul 15»
6
DOJ Overreaches with Investigation Into Airline "Collusion"
Price fixing, bid rigging, and other collusive agreements can be established either by direct evidence, such as the testimony of a participant, ... «Airways News, Jul 15»
7
Who's Kidding Whom?
They work with the oligarchs and plutocrats as collusive partners. Public service is not public service anymore – it's vertical networking. «Gold Seek, Jul 15»
8
Governments, monopolies, and power
F.A. Hayek noted, “It [monopoly] is attained through collusive agreement and promoted by pubic policies. When these agreements are ... «American Thinker, Jul 15»
9
President Buhari and the evil cartels that control the Nigerian economy
But government must be deft in confronting sharp practices and collusive behaviour that short-change the Nigerian people. President ... «BusinessDay, Jul 15»
10
Scout Labels the Major League a 'Classic Cartel'
... and working conditions, and it has made them powerless to combat defendants' prolonged, collusive behavior," according to the lawsuit. «Courthouse News Service, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Collusive [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/collusive>. Apr 2024 ».
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