Define Monopoly Meaning

Monopoly
A game that makes children believe in a world of fantasy where battleships, thimbles, and hats are sentient and can own property. On the plus side, it raises the children to be investors and big-buisness types, which may not be on the plus side according to your views.

Monopoly made the child grow up to be a CEO who also thought he was a car.
By Karoly
Monopoly
1) When a single institution becomes so powerful, that it has total control over a certain commodity, service or industry. This can't actually exist, because it can't ever be truly 100%. At least, not until we live in a futurisitic dystopia where the government/corporations/intelligent computers/big-headed aliens use mind control, rayguns and/or the Matrix to enforce control.

An example of an "Almost-monopoly" is Microsoft, who many people say have a monopoly of the Desktop PC Operating System market. This isn't true, as a small percentage of people use Macs or Linux PC's. Hell, you can even use FreeBSD as a desktop system.

2) A family game where people play shoes, irons and cowboy hats masquerading as CEO's vying for economic world domination. Based largely on luck, but skill/know-how can also be used, as is proved by a sad person I know who spent his young life getting good at the game so that, for once, he would be better than others at something. Usually, however, the game degenerates into petty fights and shouting matches.

1) Communism is total monopoly by the government.

2) (Simpsons quote):
Lou- Another case of Monopoly related violence, chief.
Wiggum- How
do those Parker brothers sleep at night?
By Vivienne
Monopoly
A word used in place of sexual intercourse. Often used in social setting between 2 people in order to talk openly about sex without having anyone else know.

We didn't really feel like going out last night...we just stayed in and played monopoly.
By Linnell
Monopoly
a term used to indicate a person wants to have sex with another person or to fool around . Indiscreet way of saying, hey you wanna have sex?


Jen: wanna play monopoly?
Grant: sure, you bringing the game?
Jen: sure but I always go first
By De
Monopoly
Where a single institution controls all of the supply for a good in a market.

However, a monopoly cannot last in the long run, unless a barrier to entry exists in the market.

Barriers to entry include:
- control of natural resources or inputs
- economies of scale
- technological superiority
- legal restrictions imposed by governments, including patents and copyrights.

A monopolist maximizes profit by producing a little less than the market equilibrium, driving up the price of the good. This creates a deadweight loss to society, (some mutually beneficial transactions are forgone), which is why a monopoly is discouraged or illegal in many parts of the world.

A local natural gas company would be an example of a monopoly caused by economies of scale.
By Liza
Monopoly
Monopoly: A bored, (pardon the Freudian slip), game.

monopoly: A legal concept that has been legislated out of existence by attorneys, judges, and legislators. Now that all legal definitions of monopoly are unlawful, simply understand this: When a corporation is so big that it doesn't need to worry about whether consumers like doing business with it, because they have no choice, it's a monopoly.

No please, let's not play Monopoly.

See PayOhHell, MyCrudSoft, and Kneejerk Corruptions, Incorrigible.
By Adena
Monopoly
noun.
exclusive control of a commodity or service in a given market, or control that makes possible the fixing of prices and the virtual elimination of free competition.

Microsoft has a monopoly on PC computer operating systems.
By Ardra
Monopoly
Code word for weed or getting high or anything with pot.

Ex: I want to play monopoly.
Ex: We need some more monopoly money
By Dolley
Monopoly
A euphemism for marijuana in Seattle's Eastside.

By Corinne
Monopoly
when a male covers the receiving partner in cum so that wherever she puts her hands, she lands in cum.

Man #1: hey, i heard you and your girl played monopoly yesterday.
Man #2: yeah and she sent me straight to jail...
By Jaime