monopoly
noun#12,659
Translations
- モノポールモノポール
- モノポリーモノポリー
- 専業せんぎょう
- 専売せんばい
English definition
- (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller
Examples
- The company has a monopoly on the nation's tobacco business.
- Though he long dominated the steel industry, he never achieved a complete monopoly.