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I talked about the barriers created by monopolies. I said that it was the role of government to break up these monopolies and that we couldn't do it alone.
Joichi Ito

Meaning of "monopolies" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MONOPOLIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MONOPOLIES

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Monopolies is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MONOPOLIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Monopoly

A monopoly (from Greek monos μόνος (alone or single) + polein πωλεῖν (to sell)) exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity (this contrasts with a monopsony which relates to a single entity's control of a market to purchase a good or service, and with oligopoly which consists of a few entities dominating an industry). Monopolies are thus characterized by a lack of economic competition to produce the good or service and a lack of viable substitute goods. The verb "monopolise" refers to the process by which a company gains the ability to raise prices or exclude competitors. In economics, a monopoly is a single seller. In law, a monopoly is a business entity that has significant market power, that is, the power to charge high prices. Although monopolies may be big businesses, size is not a characteristic of a monopoly. A small business may still have the power to raise prices in a small industry (or market). A monopoly is distinguished from a monopsony, in which there is only one buyer of a product or service; a monopoly may also have monopsony control of a sector of a market.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MONOPOLIES

monopode
monopodia
monopodial
monopodially
monopodium
monopody
monopole
Monopolies and Mergers Commission
monopolisation
monopolise
monopoliser
monopolism
monopolist
monopolistic
monopolistic competition
monopolistically
monopolization
monopolize
monopolizer
monopoly

WORDS THAT END LIKE MONOPOLIES

amphibolies
applies
as the crow flies
colies
coolies
duopolies
embolies
epibolies
families
flies
goolies
holies
holy of holies
melancholies
molies
oligopolies
replies
roly-polies
supplies
woolies

Synonyms and antonyms of monopolies in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «monopolies» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MONOPOLIES

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

Translator English - Chinese

垄断
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

monopolios
570 millions of speakers

English

monopolies
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एकाधिकार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاحتكارات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

монополии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

monopólios
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একচেটিয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

monopoles
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Monopoli
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Monopole
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

独占
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

독점
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Monopoli
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

độc quyền
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஏகபோகங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मक्तेदारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tekeller
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

monopoli
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

monopole
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

монополії
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

monopoluri
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μονοπώλια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

monopolieë
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

monopol
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

monopoler
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of monopolies

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MONOPOLIES»

The term «monopolies» is regularly used and occupies the 61.159 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MONOPOLIES» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «MONOPOLIES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word monopolies.
1
John Griffin Carlisle
After we have calmly stood by and allowed monopolies to grow fat, we should not be asked to make them bloated.
2
John Bates Clark
The limit is not as narrow as it might be. I do not claim for this action, as it now goes on, an ideal degree of efficiency. What I do claim is that this type of competition already reveals its nature and its ultimate power to hold seeming monopolies in check.
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Dan Glickman
I don't think we can go back to the old days. But I think that what the government needs to do is it needs to make sure that the pricing is fair, that you don't have monopolies out there, so that people don't have a chance to compete fairly.
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Alan Greenspan
I'm not denying that monopolies are terrible things, but I am denying that it is readily easy to resolve them through legislation of that nature.
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Yusuf Hamied
Every country has the right to determine its own laws. And India can't afford monopolies.
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Joichi Ito
I talked about the barriers created by monopolies. I said that it was the role of government to break up these monopolies and that we couldn't do it alone.
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Vaclav Klaus
That means following a very restrictive fiscal and monetary policy which will squeeze the monopolies and cut their subsidies. On the micro level we will allow other economic agents, both domestic and foreign, to compete with them.
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Joe Mansueto
Publishing had been successful where there had been natural geographic monopolies.
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Ludwig von Mises
Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez faire.
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William T. Vollmann
As large publishers turn into monopolies, and the MBAs who are running them - maybe editors used to run them before - are steadily tightening the screws, they feel more and more that they get to call the shots.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MONOPOLIES»

Discover the use of monopolies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to monopolies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Monopolies in America: Empire Builders and Their Enemies ...
A comprehensive history of business monopolies in America traces their rise from the nineteenth-century railroad moguls to modern-day computer software empires, profiling such personalities as John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Bill ...
Charles R. Geisst, 2000
2
Deadly Monopolies: The Shocking Corporate Takeover of Life ...
It is sure to stir debate—and instigate change. From the Hardcover edition.
Harriet A. Washington, 2011
3
A Treatise on the Law of Monopolies and Industrial Trusts, ...
Reprint of the first edition. Published at a time when monopolies and trusts were beginning to attract the attention of reformers, this is more than a neutral overview of the subject.
Charles Fisk Beach, 2007
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In the Public Interest: Competition Policy and the ...
"This book will appeal to all readers interested in the development of the British economy.
Stephen Wilks, 1999
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Experts and Epistemic Monopolies
And if economists are themselves experts, what happens when we turn the skeptical gaze of economic theory on the economist herself? This volume publishes papers given at the third biennial Wirth Institute Conference on Austrian Economics.
Roger Koppl, Steve Horwitz, Laurent Dobuzinskis, 2012
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Medicine, Monopolies, and Malice
Explains how the American Medical Association conspired to discredit chiropractors and monopolize medicine and discusses how the author took on the AMA in a precedent-setting case that went all the way to the Supreme Court.
Chester A. Wilk, 1996
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Monopolies in America: Empire Builders and Their Enemies ...
Geisst tells the stories behind the individuals--from John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie to Harold Geneen and Bill Gates--who forged these business empires with genius, luck, and an often ruthless disregard for fair competition.
Charles R. Geisst, 2000
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Principles of Economics
We have seen that monopolies, in contrast to competitive markets, fail to allocate resources efficiently. Monopolies produce less than the socially desirable quantity of output and, as a result, charge prices above marginal cost. Policymakers in ...
N. Mankiw, 2008
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Exclusive Rights and State Monopolies Under EC Law: Article ...
With practical insights and intelligent solutions to many of the problems posed by the applications of these rules, Exclusive Rights and State Monopolies under EC Law will become an indispensible work for all practitioners in this field.
José Luis Buendia Sierra, 1999
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Law of monopolies: competition law and practice in the USA, ...
The main object of this major work is to analyse the laws of monopolies and mergers in the United States, The European Community, Germany And The United Kingdom. it is not, however, possible to explain the rules on monopolies and mergers ...
D. M. Raybould, Alison Firth, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MONOPOLIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term monopolies is used in the context of the following news items.
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At Wall Street Journal, Government-Enforced Monopolies = 'Free …
These monopolies are a government policy to provide incentives for ... is to stop conflating government-granted patent monopolies with the free ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
2
Digital Monopolies: Too Many Big Fish in the Sea
The government should step in and regulate digital monopolies because at the end of the day, healthy competition benefits all. Monopoly is ... «CKGSB Knowledge, Jul 15»
3
Latin American Governments Take on Media Monopolies
The former Honduran president Manuel Zelaya, centre, leads a march demanding President Juan Orlando Hernández's resignation in ... «teleSUR English, Jul 15»
4
State assets 'relics of bygone age' - English
He highlighted several areas that he said could benefit from either more competition or better regulation of monopolies, including council water ... «Radio New Zealand, Jul 15»
5
Government advisers say Berlin impeding competition on rail
"The Monopolies Commission is convinced that effective and genuine competition can only develop if there is a complete separation of ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
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China's Global 500 companies are bigger than ever—and mostly …
They enjoy monopolies or oligopolies at home, but often struggle to expand their business outside of the protected borders of their home ... «Fortune, Jul 15»
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Fresh push for longer alcohol store hours
The company emerged from local alcohol monopolies operating in Sweden since the mid-1800s, which were merged to form a single national ... «The Local.se, Jul 15»
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As HIV burden overwhelmingly shifts to 'middle-income' countries …
... strengthen and expand patent and regulatory monopolies for medicines. For example, one proposed rule limits governments' ability to restrict ... «Médecins Sans Frontières International, Jul 15»
9
How Capitalism Is Undermining the Indian Caste System
During the socialist days of India's command economy, the lucky few with industrial licenses ran virtual monopolies and placed orders for ... «Cato Institute, Jul 15»
10
ALEC and polluters release new, uninspired schemes to block …
These attacks are most likely coming from vested polluter interests (including some ALEC members who are actual regulated monopolies) that ... «Natural Resources Defense Council, Jul 15»

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