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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024car•tel /kɑrˈtɛl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Businessa group formed to act as a unit, esp. to control prices in some business:The oil cartel sent oil prices skyrocketing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024car•tel (kär tel′),USA pronunciation n. - Businessan international syndicate, combine, or trust formed esp. to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- Governmenta coalition of political or special-interest groups having a common cause, as to encourage the passage of a certain law.
- Governmenta written agreement between belligerents, esp. for the exchange of prisoners.
- a written challenge to a duel.
- Italian cartello letter of defiance, poster, equivalent. to cart(a) carte + -ello diminutive suffix
- Middle French
- 1550–60
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged monopoly, merger, combination.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cartel /kɑːˈtɛl/ n - Also called: trust a collusive international association of independent enterprises formed to monopolize production and distribution of a product or service, control prices, etc
- an alliance of parties or interests to further common aims
Etymology: 20th Century: from German Kartell, from French, from Italian cartello a written challenge, public notice, diminutive of carta card1 |