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单词 to make a monopoly of
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to make a monopoly of
to make a monopoly of: (a) to obtain a trading monopoly in (a commodity); (b) figurative to dominate, keep to oneself, claim exclusive rights to (a possession, conversation, etc.). Obsolete.
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the mind > possession > have or possess [verb (transitive)] > have exclusive possession of
to make a monopoly of1576
engross1598
monopolize1628
society > trade and finance > trading conditions > [phrase] > obtain exclusive sale of
to make a monopoly of1576
1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas 753 Master Merchant..Can finde the meane, to make Monopolyes Of euery ware, that is accompted strange.
1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iv. c. sig. Y4v He..makes a Monopoly of Offices.
1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 231 The iniquity of the Pontificians in making a monopoly of Gods grace.
1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. ii Johnson [i.e. Ben Jonson]..had been acquainted with the Rules, yet seem'd to envy to Posterity that Knowledge, and like an Inventer of some useful Art, to make a Monopoly of his Learning.
1710 J. Addison Whig Examiner No. 1. ⁋1 The Kitcat have pretended to make a Monopoly of our sense.
1769 E. Burke Observ. Late State Nation 39 Government in France has made a monopoly of that great article of salt.
1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. 217 Sectaries..would make a monopoly of the Saviour, they would shut him up into a conventicle.
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