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Monopoly vs Captive - What's the difference?

monopoly | captive |

As a proper noun monopoly

is a board game in which players use play money to buy and trade properties, with the objective of forcing opponents into bankruptcy.

As a verb captive is

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monopoly

Noun

(monopolies)
  • A situation, by legal privilege or other agreement, in which solely one party (company, cartel etc.) exclusively provides a particular product or service, dominating that market and generally exerting powerful control over it.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Can China clean up fast enough? , passage=It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.}}
  • An exclusive control over the trade or production of a commodity or service through exclusive possession.
  • The privilege granting the exclusive right to exert such control.
  • (metonymy) The market thus controlled.
  • (metonymy) The holder (person, company or other) of such market domination in one of the the above manners.
  • Synonyms

    * (holder) monopolist

    Antonyms

    * monopsony

    Derived terms

    * monopolistic * monopolistically * monopolize, monopolization, monopolizer

    captive

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him. The captive made no resistance […].}}
  • One held prisoner.
  • (figurative) One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Held prisoner; not free; confined.
  • * Milton
  • A poor, miserable, captive thrall.
  • Subdued by love; charmed; captivated.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Even in so short a space, my wonan's heart / Grossly grew captive to his honey words.
  • Of or relating to bondage or confinement; serving to confine.
  • captive''' chains; '''captive hours