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Meaning:

Noun:

  • An exclusive control over the trade or production of a commodity or service trough exclusive possession.
  • A situation, by legal privilege or other agreement, in which solely one party (company, cartel etc.) exclusively provides a particular product or service, dominating that market and generally exerting powerful control over it.
  • metonymy The holder (person, company or other) of such market domination in one of the the above manners.
  • metonymy The market thus controled
  • The privilege granting the exclusive right to exert such control

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Proper noun:

  • A properties, with the objective of forcing opponents into bankruptcy.

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