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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group which shares business interest |
| Synonyms: | bunch*, chain, combine, conglomerate, consortium, corporation, crew*, crowd*, gang*, holding company, megacorp, mob*, monopoly, multinational, outfit*, plunderbund, pool, ring*, syndicate, trust |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | company, enterprise |
| Synonyms: | Mom and Pop, cartel, concern, corporation, establishment, factory, firm, fly-by-night operation, house, institution, market, megacorp, mill, monopoly, organization, outfit, partnership, setup, shoestring operation, shop, store, syndicate, trust, venture |
| Notes: | the industry is the movie business and the business is the television industry |
| Main Entry: | combination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alliance, association |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, bloc, cabal, cahoots, camarilla, cartel, circle, clique, club, coadunation, coalition, combine, compound, confederacy, confederation, conjunction, connection, consolidation, consortium, conspiracy, coterie, faction, federation, gang, guild, hookup, mafia, melding, mergence, merger, merging, partnership, party, pool, ring, set, syndicate, tie-up, trust, unification, union |
| Antonyms: | dissolution, disunion, separation, severance |
Example Sentences
- But the paraffin cartel was rare in that some members kept minutes, and attendance lists.
- The diamond cartel has come under attack once again.
- Medellín has recently replaced its cartel strongholds with hip clubs and cool cafés.
| Main Entry: | conglomerate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | composite organization |
| Synonyms: | agglomerate, agglomeration, aggregate, aggregation, cartel, chain, combine, conglomeration, group, multinational, pool, syndicate, trust |
| Main Entry: | dare |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | challenge, defiance |
| Synonyms: | cartel, defy, provocation, stump, taunt |
| Main Entry: | defiance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disobedience, disregard |
| Synonyms: | affront, audacity, back talk, big talk, boldness, bravado, brazenness, call, cartel, challenge, command, confrontation, contempt, contrariness, contumacy, dare, defy, effrontery, enjoinder, factiousness, gas*, guts*, hot air, impudence, impugnment, insolence, insubordination, insurgence, insurgency, intractableness, lip, muster*, opposition, order, perversity, provocation, rebellion, rebelliousness, recalcitrance, revolt, sass, spite, stump, summons, temerity, throwing of the gauntlet, unruliness |
| Antonyms: | acquiescence, obedience, regard, respect, submission, subordination |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | group |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | number of individuals collectively |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, assembly, association, assortment, band, batch, battery, bevy, body, bunch, bundle, cartel, category, chain, circle, class, clique, clot, club, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, combination, combine, company, conglomerate, congregation, coterie, covey, crew, crowd, faction, formation, gang, gathering, grade, league, lot, mess, organization, pack, parcel, party, passel, platoon, pool, posse, set, shooting match, society, sort, suite, syndicate, troop, trust |
| Main Entry: | monopoly |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something held, owned exclusively |
| Synonyms: | cartel, consortium, copyright, corner, holding, oligopoly, ownership, patent, pool, possessorship, proprietorship, syndicate, trust |
| Antonyms: | distribution, joint-ownership, scattering, sharing |
| Main Entry: | organization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group bound by interest/work/ goal |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, aggregation, alliance, association, band, body, business, cartel, circle, clique, club, coalition, combination, combine, company, concern, concord, confederation, consortium, cooperative, corporation, coterie, crew, establishment, federation, fraternity, guild, house, industry, institute, institution, league, lodge, machine, monopoly, order, outfit, party, profession, set, society, sodality, sorority, squad, syndicate, team, trade, troupe, trust, union |
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