Monopoly vs Mono - What's the difference?
monopoly | mono |
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.
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, title= 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.
A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding
(colloquial) Abbreviation of monaural or monophonic; having only a single audio channel.
As proper nouns the difference between monopoly and mono
is that monopoly is a board game in which players use play money to buy and trade properties, with the objective of forcing opponents into bankruptcy while mono is a county in california.monopoly
English
(wikipedia monopoly)Noun
(monopolies)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.}}
Synonyms
* (holder) monopolistAntonyms
* monopsonyDerived terms
* monopolistic * monopolistically * monopolize, monopolization, monopolizerExternal links
* *mono
English
Etymology 1
Shortening of (mononucleosis).Noun
(-)Synonyms
* mononucleosis * glandular fever * the kissing diseaseEtymology 2
Probably from the prefix (mono-) meaning “one, single”Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* wheelieEtymology 3
Shortening of (monophonic).Adjective
(-)- Because many in the audience were very close to one of the speakers, the DJ decided to play the music in mono .