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duopoly

[doo-op-uh-lee, dyoo-]

noun

plural

duopolies 
  1. the market condition that exists when there are only two sellers.



duopoly

/ ˌdjʊɒpəˈlɪstɪk, djʊˈɒpəlɪ /

noun

  1. a situation in which control of a commodity or service in a particular market is vested in just two producers or suppliers

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • duopolistic adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of duopoly1

First recorded in 1915–20; duo- + (mono)poly
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It's also important to remember that when you fly commercially, you will almost always either be on a Boeing or an Airbus model as the plane-making industry operates as an effective duopoly.

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PiS, led by 75-year-old Jaroslaw Kaczynski, and Tusk's PO are the two parties that have dominated Polish politics for the last 20 years and some voters are fed up with the duopoly.

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Human rights lawyer Malgorzata Szuleka agrees there is fatigue, both with the duopoly and Tusk government's failure to deliver.

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The demolition of the duopoly in Westminster politics has been talked of before.

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All the world’s conflicts and conclaves were seen, sometimes simplistically, in the context of this duopoly.

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