monopoly
/məˈnɑp·ə·li/ n [C]Definition
› social studies 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). monopolistic /məˌnɑp·əˈlɪs·tɪk/ adj › a monopolistic system
(Definition of monopoly n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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