cartel (redirected from Cartels)

car·tel  (kär-tl)

n.

1. A combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members.

2. An official agreement between governments at war, especially one concerning the exchange of prisoners.

3. A group of parties, factions, or nations united in a common cause; a bloc.

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[German Kartell, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, placard, from Medieval Latin cartellus, charter, diminutive of Latin charta, carta, paper made from papyrus; see card¹.]

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cartel

Noun

an association of competing firms formed in order to fix prices [German Kartell]

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Cartel political or economic combination between parties or business organizations; hence, the parties themselves. See also combine, syndicate.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cartel - a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service; "they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly" corporate trust, combine, trust consortium, syndicate, pool - an association of companies for some definite purpose drug cartel - an illicit cartel formed to control the production and distribution of narcotic drugs; "drug cartels sometimes finance terrorist organizations" oil cartel - a cartel of companies or nations formed to control the production and distribution of oil

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An association of independent businesses organized to control prices and production, eliminate competition, and reduce the cost of doing business.

Translations

cartel [kɑːˈtɛl] n (COMM) → cartel m

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cartel [kɑːˈtɛl] n (Comm) → cartel m

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cartel [kɑːˈtɛl] n → Kartell nt

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cartel [kɑːˈtɛl] n (COMM) → cartello