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-poly

-poly suffix: pertaining to the number of sellers in a market.

Suffix

-poly

  1. Pertaining to the number of sellers in a market.
  2. Pertaining to a derivative of the board game Monopoly.

Forms of -poly

alternative form-opoly

Origin of -poly

Derived from the root of Ancient Greek πωλέω (pōléō, “I sell”), by analogy with monopoly. Unrelated to poly-.

Questions about -poly

What does -poly mean?
-poly means pertaining to the number of sellers in a market.
What part of speech is -poly?
-poly is a suffix.

Words near -poly in the dictionary

  1. -poietic
  2. -pol
  3. -poleis
  4. -polis
  5. -polises
  6. -poly
  7. -ponics
  8. -poo
  9. -pore
  10. -poride
  11. -post

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