monopolist
/məˈnɑpəlɪst/
noun
- A person or company that has complete control over the supply of a product or service in a particular market, with no competition.
- The local cable company is a monopolist, so residents have no choice but to pay high prices.
- In the early 1900s, John D. Rockefeller was a famous monopolist in the oil industry.
- The government broke up the monopolist to allow smaller businesses to compete.
- A person who dominates a particular activity or resource, preventing others from sharing it.
- In the playground, the child acted like a monopolist of the swings, not letting anyone else use them.
- She's a monopolist of the office printer, always hogging it for her own projects.
- He became a monopolist of the conversation, talking for an hour without letting others speak.
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