Seller vs Oligopolist - What's the difference?
seller | oligopolist |
Someone who sells; a vender; a clerk
Something which sells
A member of an oligopoly; one of a small number of sellers with undue influence over a market.
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As a proper noun seller
is an english and scottish topographic surname, derived from either of several places named sell.As a noun oligopolist is
a member of an oligopoly; one of a small number of sellers with undue influence over a market.seller
English
Etymology 1
From (sell) + (-er).Noun
(en noun)- Alisha was a seller of fine books.
- Two of the books Alisha authored had become banner sellers .
Etymology 2
Alternative forms.Anagrams
* English agent nouns ----oligopolist
English
(Oligopoly)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal. This only magnified the indispensable nature of the oligopolists .}}
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