monopoly

noun

1 control by one company

ADJECTIVE

▪ effective, near, virtual

▪ absolute (esp. AmE), total

▪ government, state

▪ local, national

▪ natural

▪

Water is a natural monopoly.

VERB + MONOPOLY

▪ enjoy, exercise, have, hold

▪

The company has a virtual monopoly in world markets.

▪ create, establish, gain, get, secure, set up

▪ keep, maintain, preserve, retain

▪ lose

▪ give sb, grant sb

▪ challenge

▪

companies who are challenging the state monopolies

▪ break, break up, end

▪

attempts to break the company's monopoly of the sugar industry

MONOPOLY + NOUN

▪ position

▪

The company was able to exploit its monopoly position.

▪ control, power

▪

The company used its monopoly control to charge exorbitant fees.

PREPOSITION

▪ monopoly in

▪

They created a monopoly in the export of wool.

▪ monopoly of

▪

One company holds a monopoly of the raw materials.

▪ monopoly on

▪

The company lost its monopoly on exporting beer to India.

▪ monopoly over

▪

They will fight to maintain their monopoly over local bus services.

2 organization

ADJECTIVE

▪ public, state, state-controlled, state-owned

▪

the privatization of state-owned monopolies such as the gas and electricity industries

▪ giant, powerful

▪ private

▪ statutory

▪ gas, oil

▪

the giant gas monopoly Gazprom

▪ media

▪

It was one of the first new-media companies to take on Latin America's media monopolies.