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UK
/ˌɒlɪɡˈɒpəli/
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[ US /ˌɑɫɪˈɡɑpəɫi/ ]
[ US /ˌɑɫɪˈɡɑpəɫi/ ]
NOUN
- (economics) a market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of producers and each one can influence prices and affect competitors
How To Use oligopoly In A Sentence
- AMERICAN IDIOTS yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'AMERICAN IDIOTS'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: The American people\'s ignorance, stupidity, and disinterest in the governance of this nation have allowed an oligopoly of politicians, bankers, and powerful corporations to seize control of the country and loot its riches for their personal gain. AMERICAN IDIOTS
- For the record, oligopsony is the flip side of oligopoly, that is, a small number of buyers, in this case, of labor services. Rational Review
- This divestiture created an affiliated-unaffiliated oligopoly market structure for recorded music.
- The music industry is nothing but an oligopoly, which is a group of big companies acting as a monopoly. RIAA lies and disinformation
- Everything they will suggest plays right into the hands of the pockets of the medical oligopoly which is lead by the monopolistic AMA. GOP seeks to counter ABC programming
- Think now of placing some kind of oligopoly game into a business oriented version of World of Warcraft "World of Bizcraft. The Glovebox and the Glovatar
- For the record, oligopsony is the flip side of oligopoly, that is, a small number of buyers, in this case, of labor services. Rational Review
- Although there is an internal stimulation of the innovation in commercial banks, the system of "capital reserve" will weaken their innovation incentive under the oligopoly market condition at present.
- Google currently has the luxury of being inefficient because of its enviable position as the most powerful member of an oligopoly controlling an exploding market.
- The industry is also a monopoly -- or an oligopoly, which is many firms acting like a monopoly. Jeff Madrick: Why are People Defending the Bonuses?