单词 | monopolizing |
释义 | monopolizingn. = monopolization n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > [noun] > exclusive possession monopole1548 engrossing1595 monopoly1610 monopolizing1612 impropriation1614 society > trade and finance > trading conditions > [noun] > monopoly > process of monopolizing1612 monopolization1727 1612 J. Cotta Short Discouerie Dangers Ignorant Practisers Physicke 3 The monopolizing of cures vnto the prerogatiue of this or that secret. a1617 S. Hieron Bargaine of Salt in Wks. (1620) II. 487 An opinion will be had that that man seekes the raysing of his owne esteeme out of others blemishes, and the engrossing and monopolizing of all respect and reuerence to himselfe. 1622 E. Misselden Free Trade (ed. 2) 54 Some thinke that the reducing of trade into Order and Gouernment, is a kind of Monopolizing and restraint of trade. 1660 E. Stillingfleet Irenicum Pref. sig. A4 And from this Monopolizing of Churches to parties, hath proceeded that strange uncharitableness towards all who come not up to every circumstance of their way and method. 1712 W. Bates Acct. Life P. Henry in Wks. (1853) II. 714/1 This monopolizing of the great ordinance of baptism. 1716 J. Perry State of Russia 253 Foreign Merchants have often, by these Monopolizings, and by Imposition of new Duties..been considerably injured. 1747 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 473 She has many friends that wish to have a share of her company, and as I am no friend to monopolizing, I can't and must not murmur at their enjoying a pleasure I am so sensible of. 1833 G. H. Calvert Vol. Life H. Barclay ii. 24 Dr. Walsall was a talker; and..disposed to that conversational monopolizing which is only bearable when made by talent and wit. 1902 S. Smith My Life Work xvi. 149 All poverty and suffering arose from the monopolizing of land by private owners. 1912 Dict. National Biogr. 1901–11 II. 136/1 Goschen's strong sense of duty compelled him to protest against what he believed must lead to the complete monopolising of political power by a single class of the community. 1996 Jrnl. Econ. Lit. 34 1969/1 Less than ten percent of antidumping cases involve possible monopolizing. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. iv. iii. 82 The mean rapacity, the monopolizing spirit of merchants and manufacturers. 1787 A. Young Jrnl. 3 Nov. in Trav. France (1792) i. 73 These people have the true monopolizing ideas. 1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. ix. 470 The discontents..resulted from the monopolizing spirit of their corporations, who oppressed all artisans without the pale of their community. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. iii. 241 With that true love of letters which scorns the monopolising spirit of possession, Lorenzo permitted his manuscripts to be freely copied for the use of other parts of Europe. 1886 W. E. Gladstone in 19th Cent. Jan. 21 It is to this monopolising pretension that I seek to apply the name of solarism. 1942 Amer. Econ. Rev. 32 32 The industry tends to support the affirmation that the monopolizing spirit is not the unique attribute of big business. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). monopolizingadj. That monopolizes; that has or operates a monopoly. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > [adjective] > possessing > exclusively possessing monopolizing1645 society > trade and finance > trading conditions > [adjective] > monopoly monopolish1580 monopoled1611 monopolical1624 monopolousa1628 monopolizing1645 monopolized1788 monopolistic1826 monopolist1841 monopolizable1877 1645 T. Johnson Disc. Trade 22 What extrajudiciall and monopolizing wayes they have thus enabled themselves to swallow up the market. 1648 H. Parker Of Free Trade 25 The same parties..renewing their clamors of a monopolizing Trade in the English, a new Edict..was thundered out against us. c1684 Eve Revived 95 She seemed one of the finest and most Monopolizing Ladies of the Court. 1774 Pennsylvania Gaz. 9 Nov. 5/2 Administration.., entered into a monopolising combination with the East India Company, to send to this continent vast quantities of Tea. 1797 E. Burke Let. Affairs Ireland in Wks. (1812) IX. 460 A small monopolizing junto. 1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters iv. 72 A wall erected by some monopolizing proprietor of the neighbouring lands. 1869 P. Landreth Life A. Thomson i. 17 The stir has been diverted to the monopolising railway. 1891 Athenæum 24 Oct. 545/2 [Prof. Marshall pleads] for the collective good against the too pertinacious individualism of monopolizing capitalists. 1965 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 45 634 Another facet of his program was..to prevent..the absorption of the public domain by large landlords and monopolizing companies. 2000 Scotsman 21 Sept. As the latest release of its monopolising operating system Windows Millennium hits the shops, observers of the software leviathan will have a distinct feeling of déjà vu. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1612adj.1645 |
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