perfect competition
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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If there were thousands of players, the HHI would be nearly zero — the blissful state of perfect competition mentioned above.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2018
In perfect competition, a business is so focused on today’s margins that it can’t possibly plan for a long-term future.
From Time • Mar. 11, 2015
But the gasoline market is unusual for retail products to the extent to which it approximates a textbook case of perfect competition.
From Slate • Jul. 20, 2012
Capitalism, as it has evolved, is far removed from Adam Smith's vision of entrepreneurs operating under the constraint of perfect competition.
From The Guardian • Sep. 23, 2010
Crowded as the city was, there was a perfect competition among the tradesfolk for the honour of entertaining him and the young widow and child of a St. Bartholomew martyr.
From The Chaplet of Pearls by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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