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| antimonopoly |
combined form of monopoly. |
| company store |
a retail store operated as a monopoly by the same company that employs the local work force. |
| monopolist |
a person who controls a monopoly or who favors monopolies. |
| monopolize |
in business, to dominate or set out to dominate (an industry); maintain or acquire a monopoly over. [1/2 definitions] |
| public utility |
an organization operated usu. as a monopoly under government regulation or control, that provides an essential public commodity or service, such as electricity, water, transportation, and the like. |
| restraint of trade |
restriction on the free flow of commercial goods, as by monopoly, price fixing, and other practices, in order to reduce competition. |
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