Word Meanings - MONOPOLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. The exclusive power, or privilege of selling a commodity; the exclusive power, right, or privilege of dealing in some article, or of trading in some market; sole command of the traffic in anything, however obtained; as, the proprietor
Additional info about word: MONOPOLY
1. The exclusive power, or privilege of selling a commodity; the exclusive power, right, or privilege of dealing in some article, or of trading in some market; sole command of the traffic in anything, however obtained; as, the proprietor of a patented article is given a monopoly of its sale for a limited time; chartered trading companies have sometimes had a monopoly of trade with remote regions; a combination of traders may get a monopoly of a particular product. Raleigh held a monopoly of cards, Essex a monopoly of sweet wines. Macaulay. 2. Exclusive possession; as, a monopoly of land. If I had a monopoly out, they would have part on 't. Shak. 3. The commodity or other material thing to which the monopoly relates; as, tobacco is a monopoly in France.
Related words: (words related to MONOPOLY)
- RIGHT-RUNNING
Straight; direct. - TRADE-MARK
A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his goods, the exclusive right of using which is recognized by law. - MARKETABLENESS
Quality of being marketable. - TRADUCENT
Slanderous. Entick. - TRADITIONER; TRADITIONIST
One who adheres to tradition. - TRAFFICLESS
Destitute of traffic, or trade. - TRADUCIAN
A believer in traducianism. - POWERFUL
Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any - TRADUCEMENT
The act of traducing; misrepresentation; ill-founded censure; defamation; calumny. Shak. - DEALBATION
Act of bleaching; a whitening. - POWERABLE
1. Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible. J. Young. 2. Capable of exerting power; powerful. Camden. - RIGHTEOUSNESS
The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification. There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith, - COMMANDING
1. Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer. 2. Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence. 3. Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position. Syn. - TRAFFIC MILE
Any unit of the total obtained by adding the passenger miles and ton miles in a railroad's transportation for a given period; -- a term and practice of restricted or erroneous usage. Traffic mile is a term designed to furnish an excuse - MARKETER
One who attends a market to buy or sell; one who carries goods to market. - MARKETSTEAD
A market place. Drayton. - TRADESFOLK
People employed in trade; tradesmen. Swift. - DEALFISH
A long, thin fish of the arctic seas . - TRADUCIBLE
1. Capable of being derived or propagated. Sir M. Hale. 2. Capable of being traduced or calumniated. - OBTAINABLE
Capable of being obtained. - CONTRADISTINGUISH
To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities. These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. Locke. - TETRADYMITE
A telluride of bismuth. It is of a pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, and usually occurs in foliated masses. Calles also telluric bismuth. - BRIGHT
See I - THYROIDEAL
Thyroid. - CONTRADICTABLE
Capable of being contradicting. - FILOSELLE
A kind of silk thread less glossy than floss, and spun from coarser material. It is much used in embroidery instead of floss. - CONTRADISTINCT
Distinguished by opposite qualities. J. Goodwin. - ENTERDEAL
Mutual dealings; intercourse. The enterdeal of princes strange. Spenser. - CANDLE POWER
Illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle. - EYSELL
See SHAK - CARTWRIGHT
An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker. - TETRADACTYLOUS
Having, or characterized by, four digits to the foot or hand.