MONOPOLY

[noun] [C] - (an organization or group which has) a power of control which is not shared by other people or groups, esp. in business to make and sell goods or provide a serviceThe government is determined to protect its tobacco monopoly.The airline's 15-year domestic monopoly is over.The huge monopoly both generates electricity and distributes it.The drafting of a new constitution cannot be a monopoly of the white minority regime (= other people should do it too).He does not have a/the monopoly on (= He is not the only one who has) good looks.monopoly industrieshigh monopoly prices(trademark) Monopoly is a game which is played on a board and the players pretend to buy land and buildings in order to make money. The money used in the game is not real and monopoly money means money with no value.