🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

monopolio

Pronunciation / Transliteration: monopolio

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Monopoly/məˈnɒp.əl.i/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Hanno il monopolio sulla distribuzione dell'energia."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

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As noun
  1. 1

    The exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.

    "The government is trying to break up the telecommunications monopoly."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek words monos (alone, single) and polein (to sell), entering Late Latin as monopolium and subsequently Middle English via Old French in the 16th century. Historically, it referred to an exclusive royal or governmental grant for the trade in certain goods, evolving in modern economics to denote exclusive control by a single entity over a commodity or service.

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