monopolize
to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
to obtain exclusive possession of; keep entirely to oneself: Children monopolize one's time.
Origin of monopolize
1- Also especially British, mo·nop·o·lise .
Other words from monopolize
- mo·nop·o·li·za·tion, noun
- mo·nop·o·liz·er, noun
- an·ti·mo·nop·o·li·za·tion, adjective
- o·ver·mo·nop·o·lize, verb (used with object), o·ver·mo·nop·o·lized, o·ver·mo·nop·o·liz·ing.
- pre·mo·nop·o·lize, verb (used with object), pre·mo·nop·o·lized, pre·mo·nop·o·liz·ing.
- un·mo·nop·o·lized, adjective
- un·mo·nop·o·liz·ing, adjective
Words Nearby monopolize
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How to use monopolize in a sentence
The company behind Cydia, an iPhone app store that launched before Apple's own App Store, has sued Apple arguing that Apple has monopolized the market for iOS app stores, violating antitrust law in the process.
Apple’s app store is an illegal monopoly, rival Cydia claims in suit | Timothy B. Lee | December 11, 2020 | Ars TechnicaIt simply makes it illegal to monopolize or attempt to monopolize “any part of the trade or commerce” between the states or with foreign countries.
The Facebook and Google antitrust suits are a warning shot for all corporate giants—not just Big Tech | matthewheimer | December 10, 2020 | FortuneAntitrust experts reviewing the complaints seized on familiar issues that have bedeviled antitrust scrutiny of technology companies for years, starting with the uncertainty over what market, exactly, Facebook is monopolizing.
Government’s antitrust case against Facebook seeks a villain in Mark Zuckerberg | Craig Timberg, Drew Harwell | December 10, 2020 | Washington PostGoogle has also monopolized online search advertisements, according to the lawsuit.
The DOJ says Google monopolizes search. Here’s how. | Eileen Guo | October 20, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThat’s the result of two generations of letting monopolists monopolize.
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 10) | Singularity Hub Staff | October 10, 2020 | Singularity Hub
“This pyramid monster hotel will monopolize all the business in the city,” CEO Reto Wittwer said.
So the only way to survive is to monopolize more of the market and up-sell subscribers just as Comcast-Time Warner Cable will do.
Why Would Comcast Improve When It Could Buy Time Warner Cable Instead? | Daniel Gross | February 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShould you give up in despair that this is one more thing the rich have managed to monopolize?
Yet no one has ever been able to monopolize any of the innovations that have periodically roiled the game.
In ‘The Knockoff Economy,’ The Upside to Ripping Off Others’ Ideas | Kal Raustiala, Christopher Sprigman | September 8, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTForemost among them is the Chinese communist oligarchy, with its determination to monopolize political power in China.
He was very attentive to both girls, neither of whom showed any desire to monopolize his society.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James WillsIt is the mission of art to add to its stores, without hoping to monopolize the whole realm.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordThe aristocracy of office endeavours to monopolize the State-machine.
The New Society | Walther RathenauHarry did not monopolize the Tristram blood or the Tristram pride.
Tristram of Blent | Anthony HopeAngels and blessed spirits shall not monopolize the strain of gratitude and acknowledgment.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I | Francis Augustus Cox
British Dictionary definitions for monopolize
monopolise
/ (məˈnɒpəˌlaɪz) /
to have, control, or make use of fully, excluding others
to obtain, maintain, or exploit a monopoly of (a market, commodity, etc)
Derived forms of monopolize
- monopolization or monopolisation, noun
- monopolizer or monopoliser, noun
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