asituationwhere only onecompany,country, etc.producesandsellsaparticularproduct:have an absolute monopoly on sthInorderto have anabsolutemonopolyon the use of anidea, you need to take out apatent.The PostOfficeoncehad anabsolutemonopolyin theprovisionoftelephonelines.(Definition ofabsolute monopolyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofabsolute monopoly
absolute monopolyIt is good to remind ourselves from time to time that nobody has anabsolutemonopolyon wisdom.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishIt is perfectly true that they have or may have an existing monopoly in an area, but it is not anabsolutemonopoly.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0The water industry is in a position ofabsolutemonopoly.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0He tries to put the words "absolutemonopoly" into my mouth.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0It does not give anabsolutemonopoly, and so new generations of original design are not hindered.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0No one is suggesting that the multinationals have anabsolutemonopoly.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0No single individual and no single part of the industry has anabsolutemonopolyof any one drug.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Where does the member of the general public stand when he is faced with a complete andabsolutemonopoly?From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Do they wish to have anabsolutemonopoly?From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0It was the quite simple question whether one particular union should have theabsolutemonopolyof employment in the grades concerned.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/absolute-monopoly##
