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"ref": "1962, G. B. Endacott, A. Hinton, “Public Works and Transport”, in Fragrant Harbour: A Short History of Hong Kong, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, published 1977, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 122:",
"text": "In 1918 a Chinese company was given a monopoly to run a service between Victoria and the districts of Mong Kok and Sham Shui Po. Five years later this monopoly was transferred to the Hong Kong and Yaumati Ferry Company, together with the right to run a service to Yau Ma Tei.",
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"ref": "2014 June 1, “Net Neutrality”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 5, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:",
"text": "Exactly! You can’t reduce the competition when nobody is competing! You could not be describing a monopoly more clearly if you were wearing a metal top hat while driving a metal car after winning second prize in a beauty contest!",
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"word": "ឯកាធិភាព"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"alt": "獨占",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dokjeom",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"word": "독점"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"alt": "專賣",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeonmae",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"word": "전매"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "monopoliya",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"word": "монополия"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kān phūk khāt",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"word": "ການຜູກຂາດ"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopols"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "monopolija"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "monopol",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "монопол"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"word": "monopoli"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"word": "mana tōtahi"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "monopolʹ",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "монополь"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "nojorxol",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "ноёрхол"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "monopoli",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠮᠣᠨᠣᠫᠣᠯᠢ"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "noyarqal",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠨᠣᠶᠠᠷᠬᠠᠯ"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "monopol"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "enhesār",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "انحصار"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "enhesâr",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"word": "انحصار"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopol"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "samokupstwo"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopólio"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "monopol"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "monopólija",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "монопо́лия"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "ekādhikāra",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "एकाधिकार"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "мо̏нопол"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "mȍnopol"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopol"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopol"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopolio"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "monopol"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"word": "sarilakal"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"word": "saritangi"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"word": "monopolyo"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "monopoliya",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"word": "монополия"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "inhisor",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"word": "инҳисор"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gaan-pùuk-kàat",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"word": "การผูกขาด"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"word": "tekel"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"word": "monopol"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"word": "monopoliýa"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "monopólija",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "монопо́лія"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ijārah dārī",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"word": "اِجارَہ داری"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "monopol",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"word": "مونوپول"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"word": "monopoliya"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"word": "sự độc quyền"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 20 21 8 6",
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"word": "anikanjọpọn"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "A land monopoly renders its holder(s) nearly almighty in an agricultural society.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An exclusive control over the trade or production of a commodity or service through exclusive possession."
],
"id": "en-monopoly-en-noun-147flpht",
"links": [
[
"possession",
"possession"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 68 19 4 5",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "menašnorh",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"word": "մենաշնորհ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 68 19 4 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "monopól",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "монопо́л"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 68 19 4 5",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopoli"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 68 19 4 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dúzhàn",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"word": "獨占"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 68 19 4 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"word": "壟斷"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 68 19 4 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lǒngduàn",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "垄断"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 68 19 4 5",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopol"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 68 19 4 5",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "monopol"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 68 19 4 5",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "monopolie"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 68 19 4 5",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "alleenbezit"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 68 19 4 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"word": "monopoli"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 68 19 4 5",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopolio"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 68 19 4 5",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "monopólio",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μονοπώλιο"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 68 19 4 5",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "monopṓlion",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μονοπώλιον"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 68 19 4 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"word": "mana tokitoki"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 68 19 4 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopólio"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 68 19 4 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "monopólija",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "монопо́лия"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 68 19 4 5",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aon-mhargadh"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 68 19 4 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopolio"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 68 19 4 5",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"word": "sarilakal"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 68 19 4 5",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"word": "saritangi"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Granting monopolies in concession constitutes a market-conform alternative to taxation for the state, while the crown sometimes bestowed a monopoly as an outrageous gift.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The privilege granting the exclusive right to exert such control."
],
"id": "en-monopoly-en-noun-G1U7AW8o",
"links": [
[
"privilege",
"privilege"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "29 7 56 7 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "monopól",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "монопо́л"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 7 56 7 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopoli"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 7 56 7 2",
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"word": "專賣"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 7 56 7 2",
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhuānmài",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"word": "专卖"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 7 56 7 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "monopolní postavení"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 7 56 7 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "monopol"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 7 56 7 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "monopolie"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 7 56 7 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "alleenrecht"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 7 56 7 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopolio"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 7 56 7 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "monopṓlion",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μονοπώλιον"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 7 56 7 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopólio"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 7 56 7 2",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aon-mhargadh"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 7 56 7 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopolio"
},
{
"_dis1": "29 7 56 7 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "monopol"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 18 37 15 21",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "monopolíst",
"sense": "holder of such control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "монополи́ст"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 18 37 15 21",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "holder of such control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopol"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 18 37 15 21",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "holder of such control",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "monopolist"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 18 37 15 21",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "holder of such control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopolist"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 18 37 15 21",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "holder of such control",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopolista"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 18 37 15 21",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "monopṓlion",
"sense": "holder of such control",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μονοπώλιον"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 18 37 15 21",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "monopolíst",
"sense": "holder of such control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "монополи́ст"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 18 37 15 21",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "monopolístka",
"sense": "holder of such control",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "монополи́стка"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 18 37 15 21",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "holder of such control",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lèir-shealbhachd"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 18 37 15 21",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "holder of such control",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopolista"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English metonyms",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The market thus controlled."
],
"id": "en-monopoly-en-noun-rOlIvh0X",
"links": [
[
"market",
"market"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(metonymically) The market thus controlled."
],
"tags": [
"metonymically"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 2 2 90 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "monopól",
"sense": "market thus controlled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "монопо́л"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 2 90 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "market thus controlled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopoli"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 2 90 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "market thus controlled",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "monopol"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 2 90 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "market thus controlled",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "monopolie"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 2 90 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "market thus controlled",
"word": "monopoli"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 2 90 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "market thus controlled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopolio"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 2 90 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "monopólio",
"sense": "market thus controlled",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μονοπώλιο"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 2 90 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "market thus controlled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopólio"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 2 90 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "monopólija",
"sense": "market thus controlled",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "монопо́лия"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English metonyms",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The holder (person, company or other) of such market domination in one of the above manners."
],
"id": "en-monopoly-en-noun-rq37Denm",
"links": [
[
"holder",
"holder"
],
[
"market",
"market"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(metonymically) The holder (person, company or other) of such market domination in one of the above manners."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "monopolist"
}
],
"tags": [
"metonymically"
]
}
],
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"roman": "monopol",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"word": "مونوپول"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"word": "monopoliya"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"word": "sự độc quyền"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "situation of exclusive supply",
"word": "anikanjọpọn"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "menašnorh",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"word": "մենաշնորհ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "monopól",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "монопо́л"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopoli"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dúzhàn",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"word": "獨占"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"word": "壟斷"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lǒngduàn",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "垄断"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopol"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "monopol"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "monopolie"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "alleenbezit"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"word": "monopoli"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopolio"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "monopólio",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μονοπώλιο"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "monopṓlion",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μονοπώλιον"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"word": "mana tokitoki"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopólio"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "monopólija",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "монопо́лия"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aon-mhargadh"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopolio"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopolio"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"word": "sarilakal"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "exclusive possession",
"word": "saritangi"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "monopól",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "монопо́л"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopoli"
},
{
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"word": "專賣"
},
{
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhuānmài",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"word": "专卖"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "monopolní postavení"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "monopol"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "monopolie"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "alleenrecht"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopolio"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "monopṓlion",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μονοπώλιον"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopólio"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aon-mhargadh"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopolio"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "privilege granting such control",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "monopol"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "monopól",
"sense": "market thus controlled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "монопо́л"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "market thus controlled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopoli"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "market thus controlled",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "monopol"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "market thus controlled",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "monopolie"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "market thus controlled",
"word": "monopoli"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "market thus controlled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopolio"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "monopólio",
"sense": "market thus controlled",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μονοπώλιο"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "market thus controlled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopólio"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "monopólija",
"sense": "market thus controlled",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "монопо́лия"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "monopolíst",
"sense": "holder of such control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "монополи́ст"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "holder of such control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopol"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "holder of such control",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "monopolist"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "holder of such control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopolist"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "holder of such control",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopolista"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "monopṓlion",
"sense": "holder of such control",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μονοπώλιον"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "monopolíst",
"sense": "holder of such control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "монополи́ст"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "monopolístka",
"sense": "holder of such control",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "монополи́стка"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "holder of such control",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lèir-shealbhachd"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "holder of such control",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "monopolista"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"monopoly"
],
"word": "monopoly"
}
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