MONOPOLY

Pronunciation (US):

• MONOPOLY (noun)
  The noun MONOPOLY has 3 senses:

1. (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller
2. exclusive control or possession of something
3. 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

  Familiarity information: MONOPOLY used as a noun is uncommon.

• MONOPOLY (noun)

Meaning:

(economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context examples:

a monopoly on silver / when you have a monopoly you can ask any price you like

Hypernyms ("monopoly" is a kind of...):

market; marketplace (the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold)

Domain category:

economic science; economics; political economy (the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monopoly"):

corner (a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade)

Meaning:

Exclusive control or possession of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

They have no monopoly on intelligence

Hypernyms ("monopoly" is a kind of...):

ascendance; ascendancy; ascendence; ascendency; control; dominance (the state that exists when one person or group has power over another)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("Monopoly" is a kind of...):

board game (a game played on a specially designed board)

Domain usage:

trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)