0 in business, complete control of something, which prevents other people or companies having any share or influence: --
1 control of something such as a conversation or someone's attention, for example by talking a lot or by stopping other people being involved: --
There are rules on the messageboard to prevent the monopolization of the discussion by a few individuals.
Various barriers to entry include patent rights and monopolization of a natural resource needed to produce a product.
The olive colobus mating system is unique in that unlike many species living in small groups, there is no evidence of male monopolization over females.
In western populations one male usually monopolizes all the females in the group, while in eastern populations such monopolization is less typical.
Whatever the sources of increased concentration, it is clear that, as with other forms of monopolization, there is at least the possibility of a reduction in consumer welfare.
The aim of this paper is to clarify the conditions under which transgenic food technology is likely to lead to lower consumer welfare because of monopolization.
The verbal challenges to the council in the form of insults from burghers suggest that this monopolization of power was often contested, though not under serious threat.
Monopolization in itself though is not a cause of welfare loss, since the usual route to monopoly control for a new technology is via greater efficiency.
The intention behind all agrarian laws - the redistribution of land to prevent extremes of wealth - had obvious appeal to opponents of parliamentary enclosure who linked enclosure to land monopolization.
