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Definition of Monopolize
1. Verb. Have and control fully and exclusively. "He monopolizes the laser printer"
2. Verb. Have or exploit a monopoly of. "OPEC wants to monopolize oil"
Generic synonyms: Have, Have Got, Hold
Derivative terms: Monopolisation, Monopoliser, Monopolist, Monopoly, Monopoly, Monopolist, Monopolization, Monopolizer, Monopoly, Monopoly
Definition of Monopolize
1. v. t. To acquire a monopoly of; to have or get the exclusive privilege or means of dealing in, or the exclusive possession of; to engross the whole of; as, to monopolize the coffee trade; to monopolize land.
Definition of Monopolize
1. Verb. (transitive) To have a monopoly on something ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To dominate something by excluding everyone else ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Monopolize
1. [v -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monopolize
Literary usage of Monopolize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Intercorporate Relations by Walter Chadwick Noyes (1909)
"These words — the verb " monopolize " in the body of the act and the noun "
monopolies " in the title — manifestly have no reference to governmental grants ..."
2. A Treatise on Federal Practice, Civil and Criminal: Including Practice in by Roger Foster (1920)
"Indictments for conspiracy to restrain or monopolize interstate or international
commerce. An indictment under the Anti Trust or Anti Monopoly Law J because ..."
3. Manual of the Sherman Law: A Digest of the Law Under the Federal Anti-trust Acts by Everett Nichols Curtis (1915)
"Monopoly and Attempt to monopolize. "A 'Monopoly' both at common law and ...
An attempt to monopolize means an attempt to get control of the industry in ..."
4. History of the Sherman Law of the United States of America by Albert Henry Walker (1910)
"Section 2 of the Sherman law is so plain in all its language as to require no
explanation or interpretation, except to define the word "monopolize," which ..."
5. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1911)
"... shall monopolize or attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any
other person or persons to monopolize, any part of such trade or commerce. ..."
6. Rural Rides in the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford by William Cobbett (1908)
"That Gentleman and Mr. Webb Hall may monopolize all the wisdom in matters of
political economy; but are they, or rather is Mr. Ellman alone, to engross all ..."
7. Contractual Limitations: Including Trade Strikes and Conspiracies and by Charles Andrew Ray (1892)
"Combinations in Various Disguises to monopolize the Market. — These combinations
assume various disguises. In some instances an association is formed for ..."
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