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| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
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| Main Entry: | cartel |
| 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: | industry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manufacturing |
| Synonyms: | big business, business, commerce, commercial enterprise, corporation, management, manufactory, megacorp, mob, monopoly, multinational, outfit*, production, trade, traffic |
| Notes: | the industry is the movie business and the business is the television industry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | influence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, authority |
| Synonyms: | access, agency, ascendancy, character, clout, command, connections, consequence, control, credit, direction, domination, dominion, drag, effect, esteem, fame, fix, force, grease, guidance, hold, impact, importance, imprint, in, juice*, leadership, leverage, magnetism, mark, moment, money, monopoly, network, notoriety, predominance, prerogative, pressure, prestige, prominence, pull, repercussion, reputation, ropes, rule, significance, spell, supremacy, sway, weight* |
| Antonyms: | impotence, incapacity, inferiority, powerlessness, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | ring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group participating together |
| Synonyms: | Mafia, association, band, bloc, bunch, cabal, camp, cartel, cell, circle, clan, clique, coalition, combination, combine, corner, coterie, crew, crowd, faction, gang, in-group, junta, junto, knot, mob, monopoly, organization, outfit, party, pool, push, racket, syndicate, troop, troupe, trust |
| Main Entry: | trust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large company |
| Synonyms: | bunch, business, cartel, chain, combine, conglomerate, corporation, crew, crowd, gang, group, institution, megacorp, mob, monopoly, multinational organization, outfit, pool, ring, syndicate |
| Main Entry: | stranglehold |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | choke |
| Synonyms: | grip, monopoly, restrict, suppress |
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| Main Entry: | business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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