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oligopolized

oligopolized is the simple past and past participle of oligopolize.

Meaning of oligopolize

Verb

oligopolize (third-person singular simple present oligopolizes, present participle oligopolizing, simple past and past participle oligopolized)

  1. (transitive) To convert a market into an oligopoly.
    • Also, another reason to oligopolize is uncertainity^([sic]) of world economy because of value of the US high dollar.1987, United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on Trade, Productivity, and Economic Growth, United States-Japanese Trade in Semiconductors: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on...

Questions about oligopolized

What is oligopolized the simple past and past participle of?
Oligopolized is the simple past and past participle of oligopolize.

Words near oligopolized in the dictionary

  1. oligopolist
  2. oligopolistic
  3. oligopolistically
  4. oligopolists
  5. oligopolize
  6. oligopolized
  7. oligopolizes
  8. oligopolizing
  9. oligopolous
  10. oligopoly
  11. oligopolymer

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