Definition of monopoly in English:

monopoly

nounPlural monopolies məˈnɒp(ə)liməˈnɑpəli

1The exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.
垄断；专卖
the state's monopoly of radio and television broadcasting
国家对电台和电视广播的掌控。
Example sentencesExamples
- The Company lost its monopoly on Indian trade in 1813, and its charter for Chinese trade was removed in 1833, after which it ceased to be a trading concern.
- That's the legal term used to describe a company that leverages a monopoly in one market into an adjacent area.
- Sovereignty resides in the people and no branch may claim to possess a monopoly of the sovereign powers.
- It used to have a ‘wow factor’ and a monopoly on upmarket shops, but these retailers have been opening up in other parts of London and in towns all over the country.
- Conservative governments commercialised a public service, broke its monopoly on stamp sales and closed many hundreds of sub post offices.
- With cities from Shanghai to Beijing to Shenzhen vying for a piece of the action, Hong Kong is losing its monopoly on China trade.
- The planned expansion is expected to put the company in a competitive position if Gasprom's monopoly over natural gas transportation is waived.
- Personal medical services break the monopoly of the independently contracted general practitioner.
- If this competition were to be removed then the private companies would have a monopoly on the collection service and would therefore be free to charge as they pleased.
- Deregulation has the effect of causing many state-owned insurers to lose their monopoly on the local markets.
- Decriminalisation has all the disadvantages of increased use while allowing gangs to retain their virtual monopoly on production and supply.
- The Post Office has a monopoly on these services and customers do not have the luxury of choosing another supplier in the immediate area.
- He did at one stage manage to employ one quarter of that number, but even with the monopoly on army supplies he never broke even.
- In Pattaya, by contrast, the baht bus enjoys a de facto monopoly on the taxi service.
- From its harbours, Albuquerque's fleet brutally enforced the Portuguese monopoly of the spice trade.
- Indeed, ‘Samuel was thought to enjoy a virtual monopoly on all Moroccan trade with the Netherlands’.
- The only way to break their hold is to remove their monopoly on supply.
- The firm has an effective monopoly on the supermarket trolley advertising business in Ireland.
- The heroine lives in a remote village in Olea - the corporation/state that has a global monopoly on olive oil production.
- As a general rule, these companies were given a monopoly on trade in a region.
1. 1.1 A company or group having exclusive control over a commodity or service.
  垄断企业；垄断集团；专卖商
  passenger services were largely in the hands of state-owned monopolies
  France's electricity monopoly, EDF
  Example sentencesExamples
  It will remain a state-owned monopoly, providing healthcare free at the point of need.
  He says five years after the state owned electricity monopolies were broken up and competition introduced, the electricity market is fast losing ground.
  Unfortunately, many of the businesses mooted for privatization are either virtual monopolies or operate in oligopolistic environments.
  State-owned monopolies provided bad service at high prices.
  In its attempt to raise more revenue from the sale of these enterprises, the government alienated citizens by replacing public monopolies with protected private monopolies.
  It has been taken over by large monopolies - money-grubbing companies.
  He just resented giving it to the shareholders of privatised monopolies.
  Do we really want to return to the bad old days of state-owned monopolies in the utilities sector?
  It is a well-known phrase that if there is one thing worse than a public monopoly, it is a private monopoly.
  State monopolies or privileged private companies secure strategic resources and keep open the conduits that provide money to the metropole.
  The Essential Services Act would also apply to water, gas and other key public services now controlled by private monopolies.
  Tycoons operate monopolies through the blessing of governments, central and regional, and with support from corrupt courts and bureaucrats.
  Working for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Mr Lay became a keen advocate of the liberalisation of gas and electricity monopolies.
  Whilst privatisation proceeds apace and monopolies are being dismantled, there is clearly a long way to go before a market economy will truly exist here.
  I am opposed to turning public monopolies into private monopolies.
  One manifestation of this obsession has been the dismantling of what were once state-owned monopolies such as electricity suppliers and public transport networks into smaller, competing units.
  The market is slowing, mainly due to the inflated prices that are caused by real estate agency monopolies and high commissions.
  And companies with unique products or monopolies also can raise prices almost at will.
  Production was traditionally concentrated in the hands of large state-owned monopolies largely in the extractive, defence, and machine tool industries.
  State-owned monopolies continued to control electricity and water supply, railways and harbours, broadcasting, air transport, and much steel production.
2. 1.2 A commodity or service in the exclusive control of a company or group.
  electricity, gas, and water were considered to be natural monopolies
  电、煤气和水过去被视为当然的垄断商品。
  Example sentencesExamples
  But in situations not involving either land or natural monopolies, his clear preference was for private enterprise and private ownership.
  Communications networks have long been considered natural monopolies vital to national commercial and security interests.
  Keep in mind that electric power is a natural monopoly.
  The root cause of public sector inefficiency is the fact that public services are government monopolies which are immune from competitive pressures.
  The electricity grid in a local neighborhood is a good example of a natural monopoly.
  It is a natural monopoly and best owned by the state, he thought.
  But Railtrack is a natural monopoly and if it is to work in the interest of the people, rather than shareholders, then it must be owned by the people.
  Most roads are natural monopolies with few substitutes.
  Further it said as a natural monopoly the rail network presents a rather different problem.
  As we've discussed, fiber is an area where it might make sense for a single network that everyone has access to, since it's a natural monopoly.
  The highway system is a natural monopoly if the way to get goods and services to various destinations is the automobile.
  After all, health care is not a public good or natural monopoly so one can't argue that government must provide it.
3. 1.3usually with negative The exclusive possession, control, or exercise of something.
  独有，独占；完全控制
  men don't have a monopoly on unrequited love
  并非只是男人才有单相思。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It may even be that critical intellectuals have some special obligations, though they have no monopoly on thinking or wisdom.
  We don't need a Walt Disney monopoly on creativity.
  By the beginning of the '60s, television was loosening newspapers' monopoly on the news.
  Chew's success demonstrates that professional historians have no monopoly on environmental history.
  The militias pose a long-term problem for security, since they violate the state's monopoly on the use of force.
  No continent has a monopoly on violence and conquest.
  Today, however, the show is generally acknowledged as a landmark event that cracked the West's monopoly on contemporary art.
  America has no monopoly on nation-building or reconstruction experience.
  My piece on the breakup of the Left's monopoly on opinion and information generated enormous feedback - most of it favorable.
  Architects have no unique insights into these questions and have no monopoly on the answers but, as citizens, they have as much to offer as anyone else.
  I felt that, as a person with the disease, I'd have a sort of monopoly on jokes about it.
  Small island states often make mistakes, but they have no monopoly on error.
  Taipei has no monopoly on interpreting Taiwan's culture.
  But America's monopoly on the weapon until 1949 saved Western Europe from Stalinism.
  The party's monopoly on power remains unchanged.
  Most representative, as well as most worrisome, is the fact that the state's monopoly on weapons is being seriously challenged.
  Of course, this country has no monopoly on ridiculous elections.
  The concept of peace is open, like freedom and justice, with no culture having any monopoly on its definition.
  But don't think for a second that the Fed has some kind of monopoly on a situation where rapacity pervades honest reason.
  Clinical trials have no special monopoly on the high intellectual road and certainly not on the truth about suffering people.
2trademark A board game in which players engage in simulated property and financial dealings using imitation money. It was invented in the US and the name was coined by Charles Darrowc.1935.
〈商标〉强手棋游戏
Example sentencesExamples
- Just an empty lot, about the size of a Monopoly board.
- He has spent thousands of pounds on the collection which includes a Batman and Robin version of Monopoly, a Monopoly fruit machine and a specially-made wooden board worth £700.
- To your left, dotted all around, are the byres which characterise the region, their uniformity and neat, pitched roofs reminiscent of houses on a Monopoly board.
- Hmmm… I know they often say ‘hailstones the size of golf balls,’ but this seemed to be more like a hailstone the size of a Monopoly hotel.
- Sales were helped by a Monopoly game promotion.

Origin

Mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek monopōlion, from monos 'single' + pōlein 'sell'.

Rhymes

oligopoly

Definition of monopoly in US English:

monopoly

nounməˈnäpəlēməˈnɑpəli

1The exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.
垄断；专卖
his likely motive was to protect his regional monopoly on furs
Example sentencesExamples
- With cities from Shanghai to Beijing to Shenzhen vying for a piece of the action, Hong Kong is losing its monopoly on China trade.
- It used to have a ‘wow factor’ and a monopoly on upmarket shops, but these retailers have been opening up in other parts of London and in towns all over the country.
- Sovereignty resides in the people and no branch may claim to possess a monopoly of the sovereign powers.
- The Post Office has a monopoly on these services and customers do not have the luxury of choosing another supplier in the immediate area.
- The heroine lives in a remote village in Olea - the corporation/state that has a global monopoly on olive oil production.
- Indeed, ‘Samuel was thought to enjoy a virtual monopoly on all Moroccan trade with the Netherlands’.
- If this competition were to be removed then the private companies would have a monopoly on the collection service and would therefore be free to charge as they pleased.
- He did at one stage manage to employ one quarter of that number, but even with the monopoly on army supplies he never broke even.
- Decriminalisation has all the disadvantages of increased use while allowing gangs to retain their virtual monopoly on production and supply.
- In Pattaya, by contrast, the baht bus enjoys a de facto monopoly on the taxi service.
- As a general rule, these companies were given a monopoly on trade in a region.
- Conservative governments commercialised a public service, broke its monopoly on stamp sales and closed many hundreds of sub post offices.
- That's the legal term used to describe a company that leverages a monopoly in one market into an adjacent area.
- From its harbours, Albuquerque's fleet brutally enforced the Portuguese monopoly of the spice trade.
- The only way to break their hold is to remove their monopoly on supply.
- The firm has an effective monopoly on the supermarket trolley advertising business in Ireland.
- Personal medical services break the monopoly of the independently contracted general practitioner.
- The Company lost its monopoly on Indian trade in 1813, and its charter for Chinese trade was removed in 1833, after which it ceased to be a trading concern.
- Deregulation has the effect of causing many state-owned insurers to lose their monopoly on the local markets.
- The planned expansion is expected to put the company in a competitive position if Gasprom's monopoly over natural gas transportation is waived.
1. 1.1 A company or group having exclusive control over a commodity or service.
  垄断企业；垄断集团；专卖商
  areas where cable companies operate as monopolies
  Example sentencesExamples
  It will remain a state-owned monopoly, providing healthcare free at the point of need.
  The market is slowing, mainly due to the inflated prices that are caused by real estate agency monopolies and high commissions.
  Production was traditionally concentrated in the hands of large state-owned monopolies largely in the extractive, defence, and machine tool industries.
  One manifestation of this obsession has been the dismantling of what were once state-owned monopolies such as electricity suppliers and public transport networks into smaller, competing units.
  The Essential Services Act would also apply to water, gas and other key public services now controlled by private monopolies.
  He just resented giving it to the shareholders of privatised monopolies.
  State-owned monopolies continued to control electricity and water supply, railways and harbours, broadcasting, air transport, and much steel production.
  State monopolies or privileged private companies secure strategic resources and keep open the conduits that provide money to the metropole.
  It has been taken over by large monopolies - money-grubbing companies.
  I am opposed to turning public monopolies into private monopolies.
  Do we really want to return to the bad old days of state-owned monopolies in the utilities sector?
  Whilst privatisation proceeds apace and monopolies are being dismantled, there is clearly a long way to go before a market economy will truly exist here.
  Working for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Mr Lay became a keen advocate of the liberalisation of gas and electricity monopolies.
  State-owned monopolies provided bad service at high prices.
  In its attempt to raise more revenue from the sale of these enterprises, the government alienated citizens by replacing public monopolies with protected private monopolies.
  And companies with unique products or monopolies also can raise prices almost at will.
  He says five years after the state owned electricity monopolies were broken up and competition introduced, the electricity market is fast losing ground.
  It is a well-known phrase that if there is one thing worse than a public monopoly, it is a private monopoly.
  Unfortunately, many of the businesses mooted for privatization are either virtual monopolies or operate in oligopolistic environments.
  Tycoons operate monopolies through the blessing of governments, central and regional, and with support from corrupt courts and bureaucrats.
2. 1.2 A commodity or service in the exclusive control of a company or group.
  electricity, gas, and water were considered to be natural monopolies
  电、煤气和水过去被视为当然的垄断商品。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Keep in mind that electric power is a natural monopoly.
  The root cause of public sector inefficiency is the fact that public services are government monopolies which are immune from competitive pressures.
  The highway system is a natural monopoly if the way to get goods and services to various destinations is the automobile.
  But Railtrack is a natural monopoly and if it is to work in the interest of the people, rather than shareholders, then it must be owned by the people.
  Further it said as a natural monopoly the rail network presents a rather different problem.
  The electricity grid in a local neighborhood is a good example of a natural monopoly.
  Most roads are natural monopolies with few substitutes.
  As we've discussed, fiber is an area where it might make sense for a single network that everyone has access to, since it's a natural monopoly.
  After all, health care is not a public good or natural monopoly so one can't argue that government must provide it.
  But in situations not involving either land or natural monopolies, his clear preference was for private enterprise and private ownership.
  It is a natural monopoly and best owned by the state, he thought.
  Communications networks have long been considered natural monopolies vital to national commercial and security interests.
3. 1.3usually with negative The exclusive possession, control, or exercise of something.
  独有，独占；完全控制
  men don't have a monopoly on unrequited love
  并非只是男人才有单相思。
  Example sentencesExamples
  My piece on the breakup of the Left's monopoly on opinion and information generated enormous feedback - most of it favorable.
  But America's monopoly on the weapon until 1949 saved Western Europe from Stalinism.
  America has no monopoly on nation-building or reconstruction experience.
  Of course, this country has no monopoly on ridiculous elections.
  We don't need a Walt Disney monopoly on creativity.
  Taipei has no monopoly on interpreting Taiwan's culture.
  Most representative, as well as most worrisome, is the fact that the state's monopoly on weapons is being seriously challenged.
  By the beginning of the '60s, television was loosening newspapers' monopoly on the news.
  But don't think for a second that the Fed has some kind of monopoly on a situation where rapacity pervades honest reason.
  It may even be that critical intellectuals have some special obligations, though they have no monopoly on thinking or wisdom.
  Clinical trials have no special monopoly on the high intellectual road and certainly not on the truth about suffering people.
  The party's monopoly on power remains unchanged.
  The militias pose a long-term problem for security, since they violate the state's monopoly on the use of force.
  No continent has a monopoly on violence and conquest.
  The concept of peace is open, like freedom and justice, with no culture having any monopoly on its definition.
  Chew's success demonstrates that professional historians have no monopoly on environmental history.
  Today, however, the show is generally acknowledged as a landmark event that cracked the West's monopoly on contemporary art.
  Architects have no unique insights into these questions and have no monopoly on the answers but, as citizens, they have as much to offer as anyone else.
  Small island states often make mistakes, but they have no monopoly on error.
  I felt that, as a person with the disease, I'd have a sort of monopoly on jokes about it.
2trademark A board game in which players engage in simulated property and financial dealings using imitation money. It was invented in the US and the name was coined by Charles Darrow c.1935.
〈商标〉强手棋游戏
Example sentencesExamples
- Just an empty lot, about the size of a Monopoly board.
- Sales were helped by a Monopoly game promotion.
- Hmmm… I know they often say ‘hailstones the size of golf balls,’ but this seemed to be more like a hailstone the size of a Monopoly hotel.
- To your left, dotted all around, are the byres which characterise the region, their uniformity and neat, pitched roofs reminiscent of houses on a Monopoly board.
- He has spent thousands of pounds on the collection which includes a Batman and Robin version of Monopoly, a Monopoly fruit machine and a specially-made wooden board worth £700.

Origin

Mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek monopōlion, from monos ‘single’ + pōlein ‘sell’.

词汇	monopoly
释义	Definition of monopoly in English: monopoly nounPlural monopolies məˈnɒp(ə)liməˈnɑpəli 1The exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service. 垄断；专卖 the state's monopoly of radio and television broadcasting 国家对电台和电视广播的掌控。 Example sentencesExamples The Company lost its monopoly on Indian trade in 1813, and its charter for Chinese trade was removed in 1833, after which it ceased to be a trading concern. That's the legal term used to describe a company that leverages a monopoly in one market into an adjacent area. Sovereignty resides in the people and no branch may claim to possess a monopoly of the sovereign powers. It used to have a ‘wow factor’ and a monopoly on upmarket shops, but these retailers have been opening up in other parts of London and in towns all over the country. Conservative governments commercialised a public service, broke its monopoly on stamp sales and closed many hundreds of sub post offices. With cities from Shanghai to Beijing to Shenzhen vying for a piece of the action, Hong Kong is losing its monopoly on China trade. The planned expansion is expected to put the company in a competitive position if Gasprom's monopoly over natural gas transportation is waived. Personal medical services break the monopoly of the independently contracted general practitioner. If this competition were to be removed then the private companies would have a monopoly on the collection service and would therefore be free to charge as they pleased. Deregulation has the effect of causing many state-owned insurers to lose their monopoly on the local markets. Decriminalisation has all the disadvantages of increased use while allowing gangs to retain their virtual monopoly on production and supply. The Post Office has a monopoly on these services and customers do not have the luxury of choosing another supplier in the immediate area. He did at one stage manage to employ one quarter of that number, but even with the monopoly on army supplies he never broke even. In Pattaya, by contrast, the baht bus enjoys a de facto monopoly on the taxi service. From its harbours, Albuquerque's fleet brutally enforced the Portuguese monopoly of the spice trade. Indeed, ‘Samuel was thought to enjoy a virtual monopoly on all Moroccan trade with the Netherlands’. The only way to break their hold is to remove their monopoly on supply. The firm has an effective monopoly on the supermarket trolley advertising business in Ireland. The heroine lives in a remote village in Olea - the corporation/state that has a global monopoly on olive oil production. As a general rule, these companies were given a monopoly on trade in a region. 1.1 A company or group having exclusive control over a commodity or service. 垄断企业；垄断集团；专卖商 passenger services were largely in the hands of state-owned monopolies France's electricity monopoly, EDF Example sentencesExamples It will remain a state-owned monopoly, providing healthcare free at the point of need. He says five years after the state owned electricity monopolies were broken up and competition introduced, the electricity market is fast losing ground. Unfortunately, many of the businesses mooted for privatization are either virtual monopolies or operate in oligopolistic environments. State-owned monopolies provided bad service at high prices. In its attempt to raise more revenue from the sale of these enterprises, the government alienated citizens by replacing public monopolies with protected private monopolies. It has been taken over by large monopolies - money-grubbing companies. He just resented giving it to the shareholders of privatised monopolies. Do we really want to return to the bad old days of state-owned monopolies in the utilities sector? It is a well-known phrase that if there is one thing worse than a public monopoly, it is a private monopoly. State monopolies or privileged private companies secure strategic resources and keep open the conduits that provide money to the metropole. The Essential Services Act would also apply to water, gas and other key public services now controlled by private monopolies. Tycoons operate monopolies through the blessing of governments, central and regional, and with support from corrupt courts and bureaucrats. Working for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Mr Lay became a keen advocate of the liberalisation of gas and electricity monopolies. Whilst privatisation proceeds apace and monopolies are being dismantled, there is clearly a long way to go before a market economy will truly exist here. I am opposed to turning public monopolies into private monopolies. One manifestation of this obsession has been the dismantling of what were once state-owned monopolies such as electricity suppliers and public transport networks into smaller, competing units. The market is slowing, mainly due to the inflated prices that are caused by real estate agency monopolies and high commissions. And companies with unique products or monopolies also can raise prices almost at will. Production was traditionally concentrated in the hands of large state-owned monopolies largely in the extractive, defence, and machine tool industries. State-owned monopolies continued to control electricity and water supply, railways and harbours, broadcasting, air transport, and much steel production. 1.2 A commodity or service in the exclusive control of a company or group. electricity, gas, and water were considered to be natural monopolies 电、煤气和水过去被视为当然的垄断商品。 Example sentencesExamples But in situations not involving either land or natural monopolies, his clear preference was for private enterprise and private ownership. Communications networks have long been considered natural monopolies vital to national commercial and security interests. Keep in mind that electric power is a natural monopoly. The root cause of public sector inefficiency is the fact that public services are government monopolies which are immune from competitive pressures. The electricity grid in a local neighborhood is a good example of a natural monopoly. It is a natural monopoly and best owned by the state, he thought. But Railtrack is a natural monopoly and if it is to work in the interest of the people, rather than shareholders, then it must be owned by the people. Most roads are natural monopolies with few substitutes. Further it said as a natural monopoly the rail network presents a rather different problem. As we've discussed, fiber is an area where it might make sense for a single network that everyone has access to, since it's a natural monopoly. The highway system is a natural monopoly if the way to get goods and services to various destinations is the automobile. After all, health care is not a public good or natural monopoly so one can't argue that government must provide it. 1.3usually with negative The exclusive possession, control, or exercise of something. 独有，独占；完全控制 men don't have a monopoly on unrequited love 并非只是男人才有单相思。 Example sentencesExamples It may even be that critical intellectuals have some special obligations, though they have no monopoly on thinking or wisdom. We don't need a Walt Disney monopoly on creativity. By the beginning of the '60s, television was loosening newspapers' monopoly on the news. Chew's success demonstrates that professional historians have no monopoly on environmental history. The militias pose a long-term problem for security, since they violate the state's monopoly on the use of force. No continent has a monopoly on violence and conquest. Today, however, the show is generally acknowledged as a landmark event that cracked the West's monopoly on contemporary art. America has no monopoly on nation-building or reconstruction experience. My piece on the breakup of the Left's monopoly on opinion and information generated enormous feedback - most of it favorable. Architects have no unique insights into these questions and have no monopoly on the answers but, as citizens, they have as much to offer as anyone else. I felt that, as a person with the disease, I'd have a sort of monopoly on jokes about it. Small island states often make mistakes, but they have no monopoly on error. Taipei has no monopoly on interpreting Taiwan's culture. But America's monopoly on the weapon until 1949 saved Western Europe from Stalinism. The party's monopoly on power remains unchanged. Most representative, as well as most worrisome, is the fact that the state's monopoly on weapons is being seriously challenged. Of course, this country has no monopoly on ridiculous elections. The concept of peace is open, like freedom and justice, with no culture having any monopoly on its definition. But don't think for a second that the Fed has some kind of monopoly on a situation where rapacity pervades honest reason. Clinical trials have no special monopoly on the high intellectual road and certainly not on the truth about suffering people. 2trademark A board game in which players engage in simulated property and financial dealings using imitation money. It was invented in the US and the name was coined by Charles Darrowc.1935. 〈商标〉强手棋游戏 Example sentencesExamples Just an empty lot, about the size of a Monopoly board. He has spent thousands of pounds on the collection which includes a Batman and Robin version of Monopoly, a Monopoly fruit machine and a specially-made wooden board worth £700. To your left, dotted all around, are the byres which characterise the region, their uniformity and neat, pitched roofs reminiscent of houses on a Monopoly board. Hmmm… I know they often say ‘hailstones the size of golf balls,’ but this seemed to be more like a hailstone the size of a Monopoly hotel. Sales were helped by a Monopoly game promotion. Origin Mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek monopōlion, from monos 'single' + pōlein 'sell'. Rhymes oligopoly Definition of monopoly in US English: monopoly nounməˈnäpəlēməˈnɑpəli 1The exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service. 垄断；专卖 his likely motive was to protect his regional monopoly on furs Example sentencesExamples With cities from Shanghai to Beijing to Shenzhen vying for a piece of the action, Hong Kong is losing its monopoly on China trade. It used to have a ‘wow factor’ and a monopoly on upmarket shops, but these retailers have been opening up in other parts of London and in towns all over the country. Sovereignty resides in the people and no branch may claim to possess a monopoly of the sovereign powers. The Post Office has a monopoly on these services and customers do not have the luxury of choosing another supplier in the immediate area. The heroine lives in a remote village in Olea - the corporation/state that has a global monopoly on olive oil production. Indeed, ‘Samuel was thought to enjoy a virtual monopoly on all Moroccan trade with the Netherlands’. If this competition were to be removed then the private companies would have a monopoly on the collection service and would therefore be free to charge as they pleased. He did at one stage manage to employ one quarter of that number, but even with the monopoly on army supplies he never broke even. Decriminalisation has all the disadvantages of increased use while allowing gangs to retain their virtual monopoly on production and supply. In Pattaya, by contrast, the baht bus enjoys a de facto monopoly on the taxi service. As a general rule, these companies were given a monopoly on trade in a region. Conservative governments commercialised a public service, broke its monopoly on stamp sales and closed many hundreds of sub post offices. That's the legal term used to describe a company that leverages a monopoly in one market into an adjacent area. From its harbours, Albuquerque's fleet brutally enforced the Portuguese monopoly of the spice trade. The only way to break their hold is to remove their monopoly on supply. The firm has an effective monopoly on the supermarket trolley advertising business in Ireland. Personal medical services break the monopoly of the independently contracted general practitioner. The Company lost its monopoly on Indian trade in 1813, and its charter for Chinese trade was removed in 1833, after which it ceased to be a trading concern. Deregulation has the effect of causing many state-owned insurers to lose their monopoly on the local markets. The planned expansion is expected to put the company in a competitive position if Gasprom's monopoly over natural gas transportation is waived. 1.1 A company or group having exclusive control over a commodity or service. 垄断企业；垄断集团；专卖商 areas where cable companies operate as monopolies Example sentencesExamples It will remain a state-owned monopoly, providing healthcare free at the point of need. The market is slowing, mainly due to the inflated prices that are caused by real estate agency monopolies and high commissions. Production was traditionally concentrated in the hands of large state-owned monopolies largely in the extractive, defence, and machine tool industries. One manifestation of this obsession has been the dismantling of what were once state-owned monopolies such as electricity suppliers and public transport networks into smaller, competing units. The Essential Services Act would also apply to water, gas and other key public services now controlled by private monopolies. He just resented giving it to the shareholders of privatised monopolies. State-owned monopolies continued to control electricity and water supply, railways and harbours, broadcasting, air transport, and much steel production. State monopolies or privileged private companies secure strategic resources and keep open the conduits that provide money to the metropole. It has been taken over by large monopolies - money-grubbing companies. I am opposed to turning public monopolies into private monopolies. Do we really want to return to the bad old days of state-owned monopolies in the utilities sector? Whilst privatisation proceeds apace and monopolies are being dismantled, there is clearly a long way to go before a market economy will truly exist here. Working for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Mr Lay became a keen advocate of the liberalisation of gas and electricity monopolies. State-owned monopolies provided bad service at high prices. In its attempt to raise more revenue from the sale of these enterprises, the government alienated citizens by replacing public monopolies with protected private monopolies. And companies with unique products or monopolies also can raise prices almost at will. He says five years after the state owned electricity monopolies were broken up and competition introduced, the electricity market is fast losing ground. It is a well-known phrase that if there is one thing worse than a public monopoly, it is a private monopoly. Unfortunately, many of the businesses mooted for privatization are either virtual monopolies or operate in oligopolistic environments. Tycoons operate monopolies through the blessing of governments, central and regional, and with support from corrupt courts and bureaucrats. 1.2 A commodity or service in the exclusive control of a company or group. electricity, gas, and water were considered to be natural monopolies 电、煤气和水过去被视为当然的垄断商品。 Example sentencesExamples Keep in mind that electric power is a natural monopoly. The root cause of public sector inefficiency is the fact that public services are government monopolies which are immune from competitive pressures. The highway system is a natural monopoly if the way to get goods and services to various destinations is the automobile. But Railtrack is a natural monopoly and if it is to work in the interest of the people, rather than shareholders, then it must be owned by the people. Further it said as a natural monopoly the rail network presents a rather different problem. The electricity grid in a local neighborhood is a good example of a natural monopoly. Most roads are natural monopolies with few substitutes. As we've discussed, fiber is an area where it might make sense for a single network that everyone has access to, since it's a natural monopoly. After all, health care is not a public good or natural monopoly so one can't argue that government must provide it. But in situations not involving either land or natural monopolies, his clear preference was for private enterprise and private ownership. It is a natural monopoly and best owned by the state, he thought. Communications networks have long been considered natural monopolies vital to national commercial and security interests. 1.3usually with negative The exclusive possession, control, or exercise of something. 独有，独占；完全控制 men don't have a monopoly on unrequited love 并非只是男人才有单相思。 Example sentencesExamples My piece on the breakup of the Left's monopoly on opinion and information generated enormous feedback - most of it favorable. But America's monopoly on the weapon until 1949 saved Western Europe from Stalinism. America has no monopoly on nation-building or reconstruction experience. Of course, this country has no monopoly on ridiculous elections. We don't need a Walt Disney monopoly on creativity. Taipei has no monopoly on interpreting Taiwan's culture. Most representative, as well as most worrisome, is the fact that the state's monopoly on weapons is being seriously challenged. By the beginning of the '60s, television was loosening newspapers' monopoly on the news. But don't think for a second that the Fed has some kind of monopoly on a situation where rapacity pervades honest reason. It may even be that critical intellectuals have some special obligations, though they have no monopoly on thinking or wisdom. Clinical trials have no special monopoly on the high intellectual road and certainly not on the truth about suffering people. The party's monopoly on power remains unchanged. The militias pose a long-term problem for security, since they violate the state's monopoly on the use of force. No continent has a monopoly on violence and conquest. The concept of peace is open, like freedom and justice, with no culture having any monopoly on its definition. Chew's success demonstrates that professional historians have no monopoly on environmental history. Today, however, the show is generally acknowledged as a landmark event that cracked the West's monopoly on contemporary art. Architects have no unique insights into these questions and have no monopoly on the answers but, as citizens, they have as much to offer as anyone else. Small island states often make mistakes, but they have no monopoly on error. I felt that, as a person with the disease, I'd have a sort of monopoly on jokes about it. 2trademark A board game in which players engage in simulated property and financial dealings using imitation money. It was invented in the US and the name was coined by Charles Darrow c.1935. 〈商标〉强手棋游戏 Example sentencesExamples Just an empty lot, about the size of a Monopoly board. Sales were helped by a Monopoly game promotion. Hmmm… I know they often say ‘hailstones the size of golf balls,’ but this seemed to be more like a hailstone the size of a Monopoly hotel. To your left, dotted all around, are the byres which characterise the region, their uniformity and neat, pitched roofs reminiscent of houses on a Monopoly board. He has spent thousands of pounds on the collection which includes a Batman and Robin version of Monopoly, a Monopoly fruit machine and a specially-made wooden board worth £700. Origin Mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek monopōlion, from monos ‘single’ + pōlein ‘sell’.
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