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oligopolies

oligopolies is the plural of oligopoly.

Meaning of oligopoly

Noun

oligopoly (countable and uncountable, plural oligopolies)

  1. An economic condition in which a small number of sellers exert control over the market of a commodity.
    • Because of the ease of collusion, particularly price fixing, duopolies and oligopolies easily produce outcomes as bad for the general public as outright monopolies.

Questions about oligopolies

What is oligopolies the plural of?
Oligopolies is the plural of oligopoly.

Words near oligopolies in the dictionary

  1. oligopithecine
  2. oligoplastic
  3. oligoploid
  4. oligopnea
  5. oligopolic
  6. oligopolies
  7. oligopolism
  8. oligopolisms
  9. oligopolist
  10. oligopolistic
  11. oligopolistically

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