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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.

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