monopolistic
Sole seller behavior
Monopolistic describes practices or conditions that tend toward monopoly—market dominance by a single entity.
A monopolistic company controls enough of a market to set prices without real competition.
Monopolistic behavior includes practices that eliminate competitors or prevent new ones from entering: The tech giant faced antitrust charges for monopolistic pricing.
Against corporate market dominance
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
- price-fixingCoordinated artificial cost-setting
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
- trust-bustingDissolving illegal monopolies
gouging · rent-seeking · exploitation · anticompetitive · exclusionary · coercion
Oppressive, unbreakable control
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- preeminenceSuperior status above others
- unrivaledHaving no equal
commanding · overwhelming · unassailable · tycoon · magnate · titan · baron · kingpin
Corporate combination
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- conglomerateCorporation spanning many industries
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
- takeoverAssuming command of something
Exclusive rights to inventions
- licensingGranting official permission
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- bundlingGrouping items as one
- tyingForming a knot
antitrust
Against corporate market dominance
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
- price-fixingCoordinated artificial cost-setting
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
trust-busting · gouging · rent-seeking · exploitation · anticompetitive · exclusionary · coercion
stranglehold
Oppressive, unbreakable control
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- preeminenceSuperior status above others
unrivaled · commanding · overwhelming · unassailable · tycoon · magnate · titan · baron · kingpin · incumbent
merger
Corporate combination
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- conglomerateCorporation spanning many industries
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
patents
Exclusive rights to inventions
- licensingGranting official permission
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- bundlingGrouping items as one
tying · lock-in · protectionism · tariffs
proprietary
Legally owned, restricted use
- business adjectivescommercial, corporate, economic, financial, fiscal
monopolisticcompetitive
Driven by rivalry
free-market · pluralistic · fragmented · decentralized · atomistic
monopolisticcompetitive
Driven by rivalry
pluralistic · distributed · decentralized · egalitarian · democratic