monopolists
Sole industry controllers
Monopolists are those who hold or seek monopolies—exclusive control over a market, commodity, or resource.
The term typically carries negative connotations, suggesting someone who eliminates competition to dominate: Standard Oil's monopolists crushed smaller refineries.
In casual use, monopolist can describe anyone who hoards or dominates something: He's a monopolist when it comes to the TV remote.
Powerful business leaders
- baronsTitled nobles, lowest rank
- magnatesWealthy, powerful industrialists
- oligarchsWealthy few who govern
- plutocratsRulers through financial power
robber barons · industrialists · kingpins · titans · moguls · captains of industry · trusts · cartels
Against corporate market dominance
- trust-bustingDissolving illegal monopolies
- Clayton ActFederal antitrust statute
- breakupRomantic relationship's termination
- divestitureDisposal of assets
enforcement · legislation · oversight · compliance · penalties · sanctions · fines · litigation
Control over transaction terms
- market sharePercentage of sector sales
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- dominationSupreme authority held
- supremacyHighest rank or power
stranglehold · control · grip · lock · chokehold · sole supplier · rent-seeking · exploitation
Below-cost selling to eliminate competition
- price fixingIllegal coordinated rate-setting
- market manipulationArtificially distorting asset prices
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
- vertical integrationOwning multiple production stages
barriers to entry · price gouging · dumping · bundling · acquisitions · mergers · buyouts · cornering the market
tycoons
Powerful business leaders
- baronsTitled nobles, lowest rank
- magnatesWealthy, powerful industrialists
- oligarchsWealthy few who govern
plutocrats · robber barons · industrialists · kingpins · titans · moguls · captains of industry · trusts · cartels · conglomerates
antitrust
Against corporate market dominance
- trust-bustingDissolving illegal monopolies
- Clayton ActFederal antitrust statute
- breakupRomantic relationship's termination
divestiture · enforcement · legislation · oversight · compliance · penalties · sanctions · fines · litigation · consent decrees
market power
Control over transaction terms
- market sharePercentage of sector sales
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- dominationSupreme authority held
supremacy · stranglehold · control · grip · lock · chokehold · sole supplier · rent-seeking · exploitation · gouging
predatory pricing
Below-cost selling to eliminate competition
- price fixingIllegal coordinated rate-setting
- market manipulationArtificially distorting asset prices
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
vertical integration · barriers to entry · price gouging · dumping · bundling · acquisitions · mergers · buyouts · cornering the market · stockpiling
- eliteselites, plutocrats, oligarchs, aristocrats, blue bloods
- elite poweroligarchy, plutocracy, oligarch, plutocrat, oligarchs
monopolistscompetitors
Those seeking same goal
small businesses · startups · cottage industries · freelancers