monopoly — monopoloid, adj. /meuh nop euh lee/, n., pl. monopolies. 1. exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices. Cf. duopoly, oligopoly. 2. an exclusive privilege to… … Universalium
Monopoly law — Being one of three categories of a competition law, a law regulating dominance and monopoly prevents firms from using their market power to damage the interests of consumers. Other two legal categories not covered here are collusion and cartel… … Wikipedia
Monopoly — This article is about the economic term. For the board game, see Monopoly (game). For other uses, see Monopoly (disambiguation). Competition law Basic concepts … Wikipedia
power — ▪ I. power pow‧er 1 [ˈpaʊə ǁ paʊr] noun 1. [uncountable] the ability or right to control people, organizations, events etc: • I m against giving too much power to one man. power over • Congress s power over federal spending • He plans to resign … Financial and business terms
National Institute on Drug Abuse — The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is a United States federal government research institute whose mission is to lead the Nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction. [1] Contents 1 History … Wikipedia
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Springfield Nuclear Power Plant — is a fictional nuclear power plant in the television animated cartoon series The Simpsons . The plant, owned by Charles Montgomery Burns, is located at 100 Industrial Way. The plant has a monopoly on the city of Springfield s energy supply, and… … Wikipedia
Public services — is a term usually used to mean services provided by government to its citizens, either directly (through the public sector) or by financing private provision of services. The term is associated with a social consensus (usually expressed through… … Wikipedia
regulatory bodies — Regulatory bodies are agencies that oversee particular industrial areas or activities where some economic, political or socio cultural concern exists (for example, over industrial concentration or public interest requirements). Usually they… … Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture
Public interest goals — Public interest goals of electric utility regulation include: 1) inter and intra class and intergenerational equity); 2) the equal treatment of equals (horizontal equity); 3)balancing long and short term goals that have the potential to affect… … Energy terms
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
