Definitions for "monopoly"
A situation in which a single company owns all or nearly all of the market for...
The exclusive power, or privilege of selling a commodity; the exclusive power, right, or privilege of dealing in some article, or of trading in some market; sole command of the traffic in anything, however obtained; as, the proprietor of a patented article is given a monopoly of its sale for a limited time; chartered trading companies have sometimes had a monopoly of trade with remote regions; a combination of traders may get a monopoly of a particular product.
Exclusive possession; as, a monopoly of land.
A restriction of trade to only one or a select few companies in which only those companies can trade in a certain area, creating a commercial advantage. Illegal monopolies are secretly built by conspiracy between two or more companies and are prohibited by law. Some monopolies are legal, such as those temporarily created by patents.
A commercial advantage enjoyed by only one or a select few companies in which only those companies can trade in a certain area. Some monolopoies are legal, such as those temporarily created by patents. Others are secretly built by conspiracy between two or more companies and are prohibited by law.
a business that has no competition
a bad thing, particularly when it came about through unfair competition," he said, referring to Microsoft's practice of distributing their web browser with their operating system
an entity which can coercively forbid its own competition
a far greater hindrance to innovation than simply allowing information to enter the public domain
a mixed blessing because it takes the emphasis off innovation
a situation where the free market ultimately led to dominance by one large firm either through luck, innovation, and savvy or illegal business practices
Keywords:  monopsony
Monopsony
a nice thing to have
a terrible thing to waste (From menareport
Keywords:  parker, dozen, brothers, throw, game
a board game in which players try to gain a monopoly on real estate as pieces advance around the board according to the throw of a die
There have been more than a dozen versions of video game adaptations of Parker Brothers' highly successful board game Monopoly.
Keywords:  parrot, stereo, equipped
A Parrot not equipped with stereo
control of price or conditions of use. Relevant monopoly: monopoly that significantly affects the opportunities of others. Irrelevant monopoly: monopoly that does not significantly affect the opportunities of others.
a price searcher in that its choice of output level affects the price paid by consumers
an allowance by the King to a particular person or persons of the sole buying, selling, making, working, or using of anything whereby any person is sought to be restrained from any freedom of manufacturing or trading which he had before
an institution or allowance by the king, by his grant, commission, or otherwise
Keywords:  ownable, space, period, time, useful
an ownable space for a useful period of time
an economic structure where there is one seller of a product
an entity that holds an economically preferential position due primarily to the use of force
Keywords:  deny, better, kind, existence, goods
an organization of some kind with the power to deny the existence of another organization that might offer the same or better goods
Keywords:  microsoft, see
"See Microsoft