monopoly
Pronunciación: [məˈnɑːpəli]
Palabra
Contexto: «business»
(noun) a situation where a single company or group controls all or most of the industry or market for a product or service. It's like if only one store in town sold candy, and nobody else could sell it.
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The company created a monopoly by buying all the other candy shops.
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The new law prevents the formation of monopolies, allowing more candy shops to open.
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What happens when a business has a monopoly in the market?
Contexto: «games»
(noun) a popular board game where players buy, sell, and trade properties to become the richest player. In this game, you try to own all the important places on the board.
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We played Monopoly last night and had so much fun trading properties.
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He didn't want to play Monopoly because he found it too boring and long.
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Have you ever finished a game of Monopoly without anyone quitting?
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