{
    "term": "monopoly",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the complete control of trade in particular goods or the supply of a particular service; a type of goods or a service that is controlled in this way",
            "sensetop": "monopoly (in/of/on something)",
            "labels": "(business)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In the past central government had a monopoly on television broadcasting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Electricity, gas and water were considered to be natural monopolies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "One company holds a monopoly of the raw materials."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has a virtual monopoly in world markets."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company lost its monopoly on exporting beer to India."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company used its monopoly control to charge exorbitant fees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company was able to exploit its monopoly position."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They created a monopoly in the export of wool."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They will fight to maintain their monopoly over local bus services."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This Act of Parliament guaranteed solicitors a monopoly on particular legal services."
                },
                {
                    "text": "attempts to break the company's monopoly of the sugar industry"
                },
                {
                    "text": "companies who are challenging the state monopolies"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the giant gas monopoly Gazprom"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the privatization of state-owned monopolies such as the gas and electricity industries"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money", "Games and toys"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["public", "state", "state-controlled"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the complete control, possession or use of something; a thing that belongs only to one person or group and that other people cannot share",
            "sensetop": "monopoly in/of/on something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Managers do not have a monopoly on stress."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A good education should not be the monopoly of the rich."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a board game in which players have to pretend to buy and sell land and houses, using pieces of paper that look like money",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈnɒpəli/",
                "audio": "mo/monopoly/monopoly__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈnɑːpəli/",
                "audio": "mo/monopoly/monopoly__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek monopōlion, from monos ‘single’ + pōlein ‘sell’."
}