pure monopoly

pure monopoly
A market in which only one firm has total control over the entire market for a product due to some sort of barrier to entry for other firms, often a patent held by the controlling firm. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary

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pure monopoly UK US noun [C or U] ECONOMICS
a situation where one company has complete control of the supply of a product or service: »

The Post Office has a pure monopoly on the delivery of letters, as no individual company would be able to compete.

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High profits always attract competitors, so cases of pure monopoly are rare.


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