Definition of Monopsonies

1. Noun. (plural of monopsony) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Monopsonies

1. monopsony [n] - See also: monopsony

Lexicographical Neighbors of Monopsonies

monopolizing
monopoly board
monopolylike
monopolylogue
monopolylogues
monoprint
monoprints
monopropellant
monopropellants
monoprotected
monoprotic
monoprotic acid
monops
monopsonies (current term)
monopsonist
monopsonistic
monopsony
monopsychism
monopteral
monopteron
monopthong
monopthongs
monoptote
monoptotes
monoptychial
monopulse radar
monopyrenous
monoracial

Literary usage of Monopsonies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Time to Act: A Report of the USDA National Commission on Small Farms edited by Harold L. Volkmer (1998)
"... Small Business Administration; and the US Trade Representative. The commission should examine the emerging concentration resulting in monopsonies and ..."

2. Career Guidance and Public Policy: Bridging the Gap by Richard Sweet (2004)
"One is the risk. commonly associated with monopsonies (a single purchaser associated with multiple suppliers of services). that competition between service ..."

3. Agricultural Research Policy in Nigeria by Francis Sulemanu Idachaba (1980)
"By 1949 three government monopsonies were established to handle export produce marketing in Nigeria: the Nigeria Cocoa Marketing Board, ..."

4. Trade, Agriculture And Development: Policies Working Together by Oecd Global Forum on Agriculture (2006)
"This entails breaking up monopolies and monopsonies, and also better regulation of barriers to market entry and market exit. ..."

5. Facing the Development Challenge in Mozambique: An Economywide Perspective by Finn Tarp (2002)
"Perhaps because of this issue, textile firms have been granted monopsony power in purchasing raw cotton in predetermined "action zones." These monopsonies ..."

6. Current Issues in Non-timber Forest Products Research: Proceedings of the by Manuel Ruiz Pérez, J. E. M. Arnold (1996)
"monopsonies or informal cartels are particularly a problem with NTFP that are perishable, have a short harvest season, or are located in remote areas. ..."

7. In the Shadow of Giants: The Major Powers and the Security of Southeast Asia by Anthony James Gregor (1989)
"The United States should support the elimination of monopolies and monopsonies in the sugar and coconut industries, the sale of nonperforming assets ..."

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