Meaning of "monopolize" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF MONOPOLIZE

monopolize  [məˈnɒpəˌlaɪz]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MONOPOLIZE

Monopolize is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb monopolize in English.

WHAT DOES MONOPOLIZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Monopolization

In US antitrust law, monopolization is an offense and the main categories of prohibited behavior include exclusive dealing, price discrimination, refusing to supply an essential facility, product tying and predatory pricing. Monopolization is an offense under Section 2 of the American Sherman Antitrust Act 1890. It has a specific legal meaning, which is parallel to the "abuse" of a dominant position in EU competition law, under TFEU article 102. The Sherman Act 1890 §2 states that any person "who shall monopolize... any part of the trade or commerce among the several states, or with foreign nations shall be deemed guilty of a felony." Section 2 also forbids "attempts to monopolize" and "conspiracies to monopolize." Generally this means that corporations may not act in ways that have been identified as contrary to precedent cases.

Definition of monopolize in the English dictionary

The definition of monopolize in the dictionary is to have, control, or make use of fully, excluding others. Other definition of monopolize is to obtain, maintain, or exploit a monopoly of.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MONOPOLIZE

PRESENT

Present

I monopolize

you monopolize

he/she/it monopolizes

we monopolize

you monopolize

they monopolize

Present continuous

I am monopolizing

you are monopolizing

he/she/it is monopolizing

we are monopolizing

you are monopolizing

they are monopolizing

Present perfect

I have monopolized

you have monopolized

he/she/it has monopolized

we have monopolized

you have monopolized

they have monopolized

Present perfect continuous

I have been monopolizing

you have been monopolizing

he/she/it has been monopolizing

we have been monopolizing

you have been monopolizing

they have been monopolizing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I monopolized

you monopolized

he/she/it monopolized

we monopolized

you monopolized

they monopolized

Past continuous

I was monopolizing

you were monopolizing

he/she/it was monopolizing

we were monopolizing

you were monopolizing

they were monopolizing

Past perfect

I had monopolized

you had monopolized

he/she/it had monopolized

we had monopolized

you had monopolized

they had monopolized

Past perfect continuous

I had been monopolizing

you had been monopolizing

he/she/it had been monopolizing

we had been monopolizing

you had been monopolizing

they had been monopolizing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will monopolize

you will monopolize

he/she/it will monopolize

we will monopolize

you will monopolize

they will monopolize

Future continuous

I will be monopolizing

you will be monopolizing

he/she/it will be monopolizing

we will be monopolizing

you will be monopolizing

they will be monopolizing

Future perfect

I will have monopolized

you will have monopolized

he/she/it will have monopolized

we will have monopolized

you will have monopolized

they will have monopolized

Future perfect continuous

I will have been monopolizing

you will have been monopolizing

he/she/it will have been monopolizing

we will have been monopolizing

you will have been monopolizing

they will have been monopolizing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would monopolize

you would monopolize

he/she/it would monopolize

we would monopolize

you would monopolize

they would monopolize

Conditional continuous

I would be monopolizing

you would be monopolizing

he/she/it would be monopolizing

we would be monopolizing

you would be monopolizing

they would be monopolizing

Conditional perfect

I would have monopolize

you would have monopolize

he/she/it would have monopolize

we would have monopolize

you would have monopolize

they would have monopolize

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been monopolizing

you would have been monopolizing

he/she/it would have been monopolizing

we would have been monopolizing

you would have been monopolizing

they would have been monopolizing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you monopolize
we let´s monopolize
you monopolize

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to monopolize

Past participle

monopolized

Present Participle

monopolizing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «MONOPOLIZE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «monopolize» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of monopolize

control · corner · dominate · engross · hog · take over

TRANSLATION OF MONOPOLIZE

Find out the translation of monopolize to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of monopolize from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «monopolize» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 垄断
• Translator English - Spanish: monopolizar
• English: monopolize
• Translator English - Hindi: एकाधिकार
• Translator English - Arabic: احتكار
• Translator English - Russian: монополизировать
• Translator English - Portuguese: monopolizar
• Translator English - Bengali: একচেটিয়া করা
• Translator English - French: monopoliser
• Translator English - Malay: Memonopoli
• Translator English - German: beherrschen
• Translator English - Japanese: 独占する
• Translator English - Korean: 독점하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Monopolize
• Translator English - Vietnamese: chiếm độc quyền
• Translator English - Tamil: ஏகபோகம்
• Translator English - Marathi: मक्तेदारी
• Translator English - Turkish: tekeline almak
• Translator English - Italian: monopolizzare
• Translator English - Polish: zmonopolizować
• Translator English - Ukrainian: монополізувати
• Translator English - Romanian: monopoliza
• Translator English - Greek: μονοπωλούν
• Translator English - Afrikaans: monopoliseer
• Translator English - Swedish: monopolisera
• Translator English - Norwegian: monopolisere

3 QUOTES WITH «MONOPOLIZE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word monopolize.

1

Judith Butler

When one set of Jews labels another set of Jews 'anti-Semitic,' they are trying to monopolize the right to speak in the name of the Jews. So the allegation of anti-Semitism is actually a cover for an intra-Jewish quarrel.

2

Thomas Paine

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.

3

Dylan Walsh

L.A. is so much about ratings and box office; that defines everything. And here, of course it's important, but it's not part of the culture - there's too much else going on in New York. They're not going to let one industry monopolize your attention, you know? You're likely to have best friends who are architects or newspaper reporters.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MONOPOLIZE»

Discover the use of monopolize in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to monopolize and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Monopolize Your Marketplace: Separate Your Business From The ...

Everything You've Ever Learned About Marketing And Advertising Is Wrong.

Richard Harshaw, 2004

Antitrust Law Developments (sixth)

F. Conspiracy to Monopolize Section 2 of the Sherman Act also provides that a combination or conspiracy "to monopolize any part of . . . trade or commerce" is unlawful.612 The elements of the offense are (1) the existence of a combination or ...

‎2007

Nonprice Predation Under Section 2 of the Sherman Act

duct, plaintiff has likely satisfied the dangerous probability of success require- 249 ment. 3. Conspiracy to Monopolize The third claim recognized under Section 2 of the Sherman Act is conspiracy to monopolize,250 the elements of which are  ...

E. Thomas Sullivan, 1991

Annual Review of Antitrust Law Developments

counterclaim defendant's subsidiary was actually involved in the relevant market. 17' F. Conspiracy to Monopolize In Standfacts Credit Services, supra, the court listed the elements of a conspiracy to monopolize claim: "(1) the existence of a ...

Paul B. Hewitt, 2006

State antitrust practice and statutes (Fourth)

A ttempts to Monopolize In Shea v. Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n., the court turned to federal precedent once again to set out the test for attempt to monopolize. Shea explained that "[successful proof of an attempt to monopolize encompasses: ...

Harvey I. Saferstein, American Bar Association. Section of Antitrust Law

Principles of Economics

History shows us many examples of firms attempting to monopolize an industry by merging with other firms and then erecting barriers to entry. De Beers is one example of such a strategy apparently being successful on a global level. In the last ...

John Taylor, 2006

Antitrust

FACT SUMMARY: The McQuillans (P) contended that Hamilton-Kent and Spectrum Sports (D) had violated the Sherman Act, although they had no proof that they would monopolize the market or had intent to do so. CONCISE RULE OF LAW: ...

Aspen Publishers, 2004

Antitrust: An Economic Approach

The inclusion of an "attempt to monopolize" as a violation of Section 2 permits application of the provision when a dangerous probability of success of an attempt to obtain market dominance exists. An attempt to monopolize is generally held to ...

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2009 Annual Review of Antitrust Law Developments

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP,m the district court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment on a conspiracy to monopolize claim, holding that no reasonable jury could conclude that a former employee's alleged  ...

American Bar Association, 2011

Antitrust Basics

The Court stated that Section 1 of the Sherman Act outlaws unreasonable restraints of trade, regardless of the amount of commerce involved and that Section 2 makes it unlawful to conspire to monopolize "any part" of interstate commerce ...

‎2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MONOPOLIZE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term monopolize is used in the context of the following news items.

Library changes netbook policy so users cannot monopolize machines

The Rhinelander District Library Board of Trustees approved a change last week to its netbook checkout policy. According to Library Director ... «Rhinelander Daily News, Jul 15»

LegalZoom Takes On A State Bar That Doesn't Want Competition

The case is based on the Sherman Antitrust Act, which forbids entities from attempting to monopolize any market. This is the second time in a ... «Forbes, Jul 15»

Can a #BlackLivesMatter Twitter bot support activism and silence …

Let it stand for too long, and not only does it monopolize all your space and energy and time, it also pushes things of importance out of your life. «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Digital Monopolies: Too Many Big Fish in the Sea

The other resource internet companies can monopolize is web traffic. When a few giants corner all the web traffic, they basically control the ... «CKGSB Knowledge, Jul 15»

Former Hibbing teacher returns in new role

“That ties up a lot of time,” he said. “I hope to attend as many school events as possible‚ but my son and daughter monopolize most of my time.”. «Hibbing Daily Tribune, Jul 15»

SADOW: Time To Dump The North Louisiana Hospital Deal

The BRF claims this would monopolize the Shreveport-Bossier marketplace in commercially insured clients and thereby drive up prices in this ... «The Hayride, Jul 15»

North Dakota: 20 Student-Athletes to Watch

While those two schools monopolize the state's top athletes list, the guy who finally broke Babe Ruth's season home run record, Roger Maris, ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»

President of the Philippines signs long-awaited Competition Act into …

211, there were provisions on “combinations, or conspiracies in restraint of trade”, and “monopoly or attempt to monopolize”, which are ... «Lexology, Jul 15»

Small businesses need modern energy export policies

While doom-and-gloom stories often monopolize today's headlines, there is positive news to share about the U.S. economy. America's energy renaissance is ... «Washington Examiner, Jul 15»

Video Games Turned To Movies And Vise Versa Continue To Wow …

The widely popular board game which lets you dominate and monopolize businesses is getting a movie experience with Oscar Nominee for ... «Bitbag, Jul 15»