0 (an organization or group that has) complete control of something, especially an area of business, so that others have no share:
The government is determined to protect its tobacco monopoly.
Is Microsoft a monopoly?
The drafting of a new constitution cannot be a monopoly of the white minority regime (= other people should do it too).
He does not have a/the monopoly on (= he is not the only one who has) good looks.
1 complete control of the supply of particular goods or services, or a company or group that has such control:
The Postal Service is guaranteed a monopoly on all first-class letters.
fig. California has no monopoly on strangeness (= is not the only strange place).
2 a situation in which one company or person or a government has no competition in the sale of a particular product or service and is able to control its supply and price:
business/corporate/government monopolies He argues that farm subsidies help keep agricultural land away from corporate monopolies.
a monopoly of sth Each firm has a monopoly of goods that tend to be used together.
a monopoly in/on sth A decision by the Supreme Court struck down the state's monopoly on radio and television stations.
3 a company, person, etc. that is the only one supplying a particular product or service:
4 something that is controlled by one person or group and not shared by others:
The government has a monopoly on rail travel.
Communist parties held a monopoly of power in communist countries.
The first is the recognition that the failure of foundationalism in philosophy makes any attempt to claim a monopoly on truth, methodology etc. untenable.
The state made itself a monopoly supplier of essential goods, such as grain, which were then sold on at controlled prices.
This involves eradication of corruption and nepotism which have been used to establish monopolies.
However, patents create monopolies and lead to waste of resources as a result of static inefficiencies.
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