About The Word Cartel

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Cartel to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Cartel definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Cartel

Cartel Meaning & Definition
Cartel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cartel?

[n] a consortium of companies formed to limit competition; "they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cartel: combine | corporate trust | trust

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cartel: accord | addition | affiliation | agglomeration | aggregation | agreement | aktiebolag | Aktiengesellschaft | alliance | amalgamation | Anschluss | arrangement | assimilation | association | bargain | binding agreement | blend | blending | blow | body corporate | bond | business | business establishment | cabal | capitulation | centralization | chain | challenge | chamber of commerce | coalescence | coalition | collective agreement | combination | combine | combo | commercial enterprise | compact | compagnie | company | composition | concern | concord | concordat | confederacy | confederation | congeries | conglomerate | conglomerate corporation | conglomeration | conjugation | conjunction | consolidating company | consolidation | consortium | conspiracy | contract | convention | copartnership | corporate body | corporation | covenant | covenant of salt | dare | deal | defi | defy | dicker | diversified corporation | ecumenism | embodiment | employment contract | encompassment | enosis | entente | entente cordiale | enterprise | federalization | federation | firm | formal agreement | fusion | gage | gauntlet | glove | group | holding company | hookup | house | inclusion | incorporation | industry | integration | international agreement | ironclad agreement | joint-stock association | joint-stock company | junction | junta | league | legal agreement | legal contract | marriage | meld | melding | merger | multinational | mutual agreement | mutual-defense treaty | NATO | nonaggression pact | operating company | package | package deal | pact | paction | partnership | plunderbund | pool | promise | protocol | public utility | SEATO | slap | solidification | stipulation | stock company | stump | syncretism | syndicate | syndication | syneresis | synthesis | tie-up | trade association | transaction | treaty | trust | understanding | unification | union | union contract | utility | valid contract | wage contract | wedding

See Also | consortium | pool | syndicate

Cartel In Webster's Dictionary

\Car*tel"\, n. [F., fr. LL. cartellus a little paper, dim. fr. L. charta. See 1st {Card}.] 1. (Mil.) An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners. --Wilhelm. 2. A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat. [Obs.] He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel., --Sir W. Scott. {Cartel}, or {Cartel ship}, a ship employed in the exchange of prisoners, or in carrying propositions to an enemy; a ship beating a flag of truce and privileged from capture.
\Car"tel\, v. t. To defy or challenge. [Obs.] You shall cartel him. --B. Jonson.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Flexible ‐ bends and snaps back readily without breaking [adj] able to flex;…
  • Teetotum ‐ a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which…
  • Ganapati ‐ god of wisdom or prophesy; remover of…
  • Snakeweed ‐ low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having…
  • Apocrypha ‐ 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate but omitted…
  • Air bladder ‐ an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that…
  • Winter savoury ‐ resinous leaves used in stews and stuffings and…
  • Head lettuce ‐ distinguished by leaves arranged in a dense rosette that develop…
  • Relapse ‐ a failure to maintain a higher state [v] go back to bad behavior;…
  • Foible ‐ the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip…