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monopolistic — mo‧nop‧o‧lis‧tic [məˌnɒpəˈlɪstɪk◂ ǁ məˌnɑː ] adjective ECONOMICS controlling or trying to control an industry or business activity completely by not allowing other companies to compete fairly: • monopolistic market conditions • Unfair… … Financial and business terms
Monopolistic — Mo*nop o*lis tic (m[ o]*n[o^]p [ o]*l[i^]s t[i^]k), a. Of or pertaining to a monopolist. North Am. Rev. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
monopolistic — (adj.) 1858; see MONOPOLY (Cf. monopoly) + ISTIC (Cf. istic) … Etymology dictionary
monopolistic — adjective Acting in the manner of a monopoly. The antitrust laws try to prevent monopolistic behavior. See Also: oligopolistic … Wiktionary
monopolistic — mo|nop|ol|is|tic [məˌnɔpəˈlıstık US ˌna: ] adj controlling or trying to control an industry or business activity completely ▪ The company wants to maintain its monopolistic position … Dictionary of contemporary English
monopolistic — [[t]mənɒ̱pəlɪ̱stɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you refer to a business or its practices as monopolistic, you mean that it tries to control as much of an industry as it can and does not allow fair competition … English dictionary
monopolistic — adjective controlling or trying to control something completely, especially an industry or business activity: monopolistic corporations … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Monopolistic competition in international trade — Monopolistic competition models are used under the rubric of imperfect competition in International Economics. This model is a derivative of the monopolistic competition model that is part of basic economics. Here it is tailored to international… … Wikipedia
monopolistic organization — index trust (combination of businesses) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Monopolistic competition — Short run equilibrium of the firm under monopolistic competition. The firm maximizes its profits and produces a quantity where the firm s marginal revenue (MR) is equal to its marginal cost (MC). The firm is able to collect a price based on the… … Wikipedia
monopolistic competition — Market situation in which many independent buyers and sellers may exist but competition is limited by specific market conditions. The theory was developed almost simultaneously by Edward Hastings Chamberlin in his Theory of Monopolistic… … Universalium
