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Monopoly is a market situation in which there is only one seller of a product with barriers to entry of others.

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Question added by Vinod Jetley , Assistant General Manager , State Bank of India
Date Posted: 2014/12/08
Vinod Jetley
by Vinod Jetley , Assistant General Manager , State Bank of India

'Monopoly'

A situation in which a single company or group owns all or nearly all of the market for a given type of product or service. By definition, monopoly is characterized by an absence of competition, which often results in high prices and inferior products.

VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN
by VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN , Project Execution Manager & Accounts Manager , ALI INTERNATIONAL TRADING EST.

The key characteristics of monopoly are Single seller for the products in a specified market, product uniqueness, restriction for new entry with many a hurdles, and also may have the characteristic knowing the production technology only known to and restricted control vested with the producer not made available to others. 

georgei assi
by georgei assi , مدير حسابات , المجموعة السورية

Agreed with the answers to colleagues

Mohd Asif Ansari
by Mohd Asif Ansari , HR Administrator , Al Nasseej Al Arabi Factory Co. Ltd.

Yes. agree with the statement

Alex Al Yazouri
by Alex Al Yazouri , General Manager , Al Mushref Cooperative Society

That's monopoly.

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