HOW TO PRONOUNCE
monopoly
/məˈnɑpəli/
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Use four syllables, beginning with a light muh. Keep the second syllable prominent and let the final two syllables fall away, ending with an ee vowel.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The chapter examines the effects of a monopoly.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does monopoly mean?
noun
- A situation, by legal privilege or other agreement, in which solely one party (company, cartel etc.) exclusively provides a particular product or service, dominating that market and generally exerting powerful control over it.
- An exclusive control over the trade or production of a commodity or service through exclusive possession.
- The privilege granting the exclusive right to exert such control.
More meanings (3)
noun
- The market thus controlled.
- The holder (person, company or other) of such market domination in one of the above manners.
proper noun
- A board game in which players use play money to buy and trade properties, with the objective of forcing opponents into bankruptcy.
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IPA pronunciation
/məˈnɑpəli/
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Centralisation of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
All industrial nations have adopted the establishment of a temporary monopoly as a condition of a contract between society and the inventor.
More book examples (3)
It’s a place that has an ancient monopoly in suits about people’s wills and people’s marriages, and disputes among ships and boats.’
It is indeed an interesting question whether the German dye monopoly resulted from forces which directly opposed the play of economic law.
A tax is sometimes not only farmed for a certain rent, but the farmer has, besides, the monopoly of the commodity taxed.