Dictator vs Monopoly - What's the difference?
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Originally, a magistrate without colleague in republican ancient Rome, who held full executive authority for a term granted by the senate (legislature), typically to conduct a war
A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government
A tyrannical boss, or authority figure
A person who dictates text (e.g. letters to a clerk)
A ruler or , the highest level of authority.
A situation, by legal privilege or other agreement, in which solely one party (company, cartel etc.) exclusively provides a particular product or service, dominating that market and generally exerting powerful control over it.
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, title= An exclusive control over the trade or production of a commodity or service through exclusive possession.
The privilege granting the exclusive right to exert such control.
(metonymy) The market thus controlled.
(metonymy) The holder (person, company or other) of such market domination in one of the the above manners.
As a noun dictator
is originally, a magistrate without colleague in republican ancient rome, who held full executive authority for a term granted by the senate (legislature), typically to conduct a war.As a proper noun monopoly is
a board game in which players use play money to buy and trade properties, with the objective of forcing opponents into bankruptcy.dictator
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(wikipedia dictator)Alternative forms
* dictatour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)monopoly
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(wikipedia monopoly)Noun
(monopolies)Can China clean up fast enough?, passage=It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.}}