monopoly
a situation in which a single company or group owns all or nearly all of the market for a given type of product or service. By definition, monopoly is characterised by an absence of competition - which often results in high prices and inferior products (Dic)In other languages:
- monopolju [MT] - kontroll tas-suq billi l-produzzjoni jew il-konsum ta' oġġetti partikulari jkunu taħt idejn waħda (Mik)
- monopolio [IT]