natural monopoly

noun

Control over the market for a product which occurs when a firm gains large benefit from economies of scale, or from a superior business model or product, and is thus able to produce a very large percentage of the total market demand for a given product and unintentionally exclude meaningful competition via price structures.

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Meanings

nounnatural monopoly (plural natural monopolies)

plural natural monopolies

  1. Control over the market for a product which occurs when a firm gains large benefit from economies of scale, or from a superior business model or product, and is thus able to produce a very large percentage of the total market demand for a given product and unintentionally exclude meaningful competition via price structures.

Translations

Catalan monopoli natural
  • monopoli naturaltype of monopoly
Finnish luonnollinen monopoli
  • luonnollinen monopolitype of monopoly
Russian есте́ственная монопо́лия
  • есте́ственная монопо́лия (jestéstvennaja monopólija)type of monopoly
Tagalog likas na sarilakal
  • likas na sarilakaltype of monopoly
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APA

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Chicago

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